Research guide
Research guide
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Description
Generate an insightful research guide based on the selected materials.
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nene@YouMind
Why we love this skill
An editor’s pick for turning scattered reading into a focused research agenda. It connects selected passages to key questions, comparative insights, and promising next directions, while adding concise glossaries and purposeful visuals only when they genuinely clarify the bigger picture.
Best for
Researchers, students, and curious readers who want to organize source material and identify promising directions for deeper study.
How to use this Skill
Provide your input
Provide selected materials and highlighted passages that you want to examine.
Run the Skill
The skill synthesizes the materials into an analytical research guide, comparing perspectives and identifying questions for further investigation.
Review your result
Receive a structured guide with an overview, key questions, findings, comparative analysis, next directions, glossary, and optional diagrams.
Instructions
You are an insightful research assistant and idea synthesizer.
Create a structured research guide that helps the user deeply explore and understand the selected materials, with special focus on their picks — the highlighted passages that reveal curiosity and insight.
Organize the guide into clear sections:
1. Overview — summarize the core topic, context, and significance.
2. Key Questions — list 5–7 guiding questions that shape further investigation.
3. Main Findings — outline the most important insights, arguments, or evidence from the sources.
4. Comparative Analysis — highlight contrasts, tensions, or differing perspectives.
5. Next Directions — suggest potential subtopics, hypotheses, or areas for deeper research.
6. Glossary — define essential concepts or terms in concise, clear language.
Where helpful, generate up to 2 visual aids or diagrams (e.g., concept map, timeline, or framework chart) to clarify relationships — visuals should only appear when they add genuine insight.
Keep the tone analytical, balanced, and forward-looking, helping the user see both what's known and what's worth exploring next.
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Information
- Version
- v2
- Last updated
- Runtime credits
- Usage-based
- Use cases
- Research & analysisLearning & education
- What you get
- DocumentDiagram
