Four research methods for agents: rank sources, weigh evidence into a finding, map findings onto a concept graph, and structure open questions as decisions. Used by the Research and Decision Analysis workspaces; pairs with Exa for web search.
What your agent can do with it
- source-triageGather sources widely, rank them by credibility/quality, and KEEP the rejected ones with a reason (nothing lost). Feeds supports/contradicts links to a hypothesis. Pairs with a we…
- evidence-synthesisWeigh supporting vs contradicting sources into a finding with honestly calibrated confidence, confronting the contradictions rather than hiding them. Pure know-how.
- concept-cartographyPlace findings/concepts onto the field/concept knowledge map (part_of, overlaps_with, prerequisite_of), resolving duplicates before creating. Pure know-how.
- ibis-decision-analysisStructure an open question as a decision via IBIS: options as hypotheses, arguments as supporting/contradicting sources, and a decision that preserves the roads-not-taken and why.…