Research a question into a sourced brief
Searches the web for your question, reads the top results, and writes a Google Doc brief citing every source it used.
Apps it connects
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What it does
Each integration step this workflow runs, in order, what it is for, and the conditions and loops that decide when it runs.
- 1TavilySearchSearches the web for your question and returns a list of result pages, without asking the search engine for its own answer.
For each
result- 2TavilyExtractReads the text of each top result in turn, up to the cap, skipping any page that cannot be read.
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- 3OpenAIQuery modelAsks the AI to write the brief from the fetched text only, ending each claim with its source number and admitting gaps.
- 4Google DocsCreate documentCreates a new document each run titled 'Research brief' plus your question, so nothing you already have is overwritten.
- 5Google DocsAppend textWrites the question, the sourced brief, the numbered source list with links, and a line on how many results were used.
How it works
What happens on each run, in plain English.
Type in a question and run it. The web is searched for it, the top results are read one at a time, and the AI writes a short brief from that text alone, with every claim followed by the number of its source. The brief is saved as a new Google Doc.
The document holds your question, what the sources say with numbered markers in the prose, a numbered list of every source with its link, and a closing line saying how many of the results found were actually used. Nothing enters the brief without a page behind it: the search engine's own answer is never requested, and the AI is told to say plainly when the sources do not answer the question rather than filling the gap from memory. If the search finds nothing, or none of the pages can be read, the run stops and says so instead of producing a confident write-up. A page that will not load is skipped and reported, the number of pages read per run is capped, and a new document is created each run, so nothing you already have is overwritten.
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