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Research

The Research view lets agents conduct structured web research with source tracking and credibility scoring.

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Modes

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Workflow

1. Enter a research query
2. Choose Quick or Deep mode
3. Watch the live progress:
   • Searching — finding sources
   • Reading — fetching pages
   • Analyzing — processing content
   • Found — result discovered
   • Summarizing — generating synthesis
4. Review findings with sources

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Findings

Each research finding includes:

• Summary — key takeaway
• Content — full extracted text
• Key points — bullet-point highlights
• Sources — URLs with titles and credibility scores (1–5)

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Source credibility

Sources are scored on a 1–5 scale shown as dots:

• ●●●●● — Highly credible (academic, official docs)
• ●●●●○ — Generally reliable
• ●●●○○ — Mixed reliability
• ●●○○○ — Use with caution
• ●○○○○ — Unreliable

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Actions

For each finding you can:

• Dig Deeper — ask follow-up questions about this finding
• Find Related — search for related topics
• View Full — see the complete content
• Delete — remove the finding

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Reports

Generate a compiled report from your findings:

• Saved as markdown to ~/Documents/Paw/Research/
• Includes all findings, sources, and key points
• Per-project sessions with query history

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Deep research mode

Deep mode performs multi-step web research with synthesis:

1. Query expansion — the agent breaks your topic into multiple sub-queries
2. Parallel search — searches DuckDuckGo for each sub-query (10+ sources)
3. Source fetching — reads full page content from each result URL
4. Cross-referencing — compares claims across multiple sources
5. Synthesis — generates a comprehensive finding with key points and credibility scores

:::tip Deep research uses more tokens and takes longer. Start with Quick mode to validate your query, then switch to Deep for thorough investigation. :::

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Research notebook integration

All research data is saved to your local workspace at ~/Documents/Paw/Research/: Each project maintains:

• Query history — every research query you’ve run
• Findings — structured results with content, summaries, key points, and sources
• Reports — compiled multi-finding reports

Use the folder icon in the project header to open the research folder in your file manager.

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Citation and source tracking

Every research finding tracks its sources with full provenance: The Sources panel (right sidebar) aggregates all sources across findings in the current project, making it easy to review which sites were consulted.

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Live source feed

During active research, a live feed shows sources as they’re discovered in real-time. Each source displays its domain and credibility score as the agent processes it.

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Research export formats

Research can be exported in several ways:

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Generating a report

1. Conduct several research queries to build up findings
2. Click Generate Report
3. The agent synthesizes all findings into a structured report:
   • Executive Summary
   • Key Findings (organized by theme)
   • Detailed Analysis
   • Conclusions and Recommendations
   • Sources Bibliography
4. The report is saved as markdown in the project’s reports/ folder

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Tips

• Start with a broad quick search, then dig deeper on interesting findings
• Use the source credibility scores to prioritize reliable information
• Chain findings together: dig deeper → find related → synthesize