Advanced Web Research

Conducts multi-source web research on broad topics, trends, industries, or strategic questions. Synthesizes findings from multiple web sources into a structured research report with embedded citations. Optionally generates a professional PowerPoint presentation from the research results.

Core Capabilities

• Multi-source synthesis across 10-30 web sources with citations
• PPTX presentation generation from research findings (optional)

Good Query Examples

• Research Question: "What are the key factors driving electric vehicle adoption in Europe?" | Presentation: Yes
• Research Question: "Compare top project management tools for remote teams" | Additional Context: "Focus on enterprise solutions, emphasize cost comparisons, include regulatory considerations" | Presentation: Yes
• Research Question: "What are the emerging trends in AI-powered drug discovery as of 2025?" | Presentation: No

Bad Query Examples

• "Research stuff about marketing" → too vague for meaningful research. Fix: be specific about what aspect of marketing you want explored (e.g., "What are the most effective B2B content marketing strategies in SaaS?")
• A 600-word research brief pasted into the Research Question field → the research question has a 500-character limit. Fix: put the core question in the Research Question field and move background details into the Additional Context field
• "What is the current price of Bitcoin?" → this agent produces synthesized research reports, not real-time data lookups. Fix: use financial data platform for live pricing
• "Write me a 20-page whitepaper on quantum computing" → this agent researches and synthesizes existing web information; it does not produce long-form original content. Fix: use the research output as a starting point and write the whitepaper yourself

Limitations

• Research is limited to publicly available web content — no access to paywalled journals, proprietary databases, or internal documents
• Not suitable for real-time data, live pricing, or breaking news that happened in the last few hours
• Presentation generation is optional and adds processing time
• Cannot produce original analysis, forecasts, or recommendations beyond what is found in web sources
• One research question per request

Use-Case Ideas

• Research best practices for e-commerce landing pages
• How does TikTok's recommendation algorithm work?
• Research the state of AI regulation in the EU
• How does Tesla's manufacturing process compare to traditional automakers?

Input/Output Spec

• Input: Research Question — the topic or question to investigate (required, up to 500 characters); Generate Presentation — whether to create a PPTX from the research (optional, default: no); Additional Context — background information or aspects to emphasize (optional, up to 1000 characters);
• Output: Structured markdown research report with executive summary, detailed findings, source citations, and performance metrics. If presentation is enabled: downloadable PPTX file with a shareable link.

Disambiguation Signals

This agent conducts broad, multi-source web research on topics, trends, and strategic questions. It produces synthesized reports, not quick factual answers.

• If the query asks a simple factual question that can be answered in a sentence or two (e.g., "When was OpenAI founded?"), route to Web Signle Answer — faster and more efficient for straightforward lookups
• If the query asks about a specific company's profile, leadership, financials, or competitive position (e.g., "Research Novo Nordisk's business model and leadership team"), route to Company Profiler — purpose-built for single-company due diligence
• If the query asks for industry statistics, market size numbers, or quantitative data (e.g., "What is the global market size for cloud computing?"), route to Statista — better source for structured statistical data
• If the query only needs recent news coverage on a topic (e.g., "What's been in the news about AI regulation this week?"), route to News Research — faster and more focused on current events
• If the query asks about consumer attitudes, audience demographics, or brand perception (e.g., "How do Gen Z consumers feel about sustainable fashion?"), route to GWI Spark — specialized in audience insights data