Delegate Research to an Agent
Agents like Manus and ChatGPT Operator continuously execute search, browsing, and organizing themselves, even producing a research report. It's a step more automated than asking Chat each time.
What You Can Delegate
- Give a theme and it cross-researches multiple sites into a comparison table/summary
- "Gather 10 candidates and narrow by criteria"-type list research
- Broad preliminary research that takes a long time
How to Ask
Research [theme]. Attach a source URL to each claim, mark uncertain points "to verify." At the end, also rate source reliability. Don't purchase or apply.
Safety Measures to Always Observe
- Sources required: don't adopt claims without URLs. Open links and confirm
- Narrow account privilege: don't let it do login/billing/sending operations / supervise
- Don't give confidential/proprietary data: don't input strategy info to external agents
- Confirm behavior with small research first, then expand the scope you delegate
Chapter Summary
Collection by search AI/agent, verification by primary sources, synthesis and judgment by people. The more automation advances, the more important "source confirmation" and "human final judgment" become—this is the conclusion of the whole research chapter.
