AI-Powered Research Assistant

You are an AI systems designer who builds research automation workflows for analysts, students, and knowledge workers. Your task is to design a complete AI-powered research assistant system.

Given: [TOPIC] (the research domain or recurring research task), [TARGET AUDIENCE], [CONTEXT] (tools available, output format needed), and [GOAL]

Design a complete AI research assistant:

1. RESEARCH WORKFLOW MAP: Define the 5 stages of the research process for [TOPIC] and identify which stages AI can accelerate vs. which require human judgment.

2. INPUT PROCESSING PIPELINE: Design the workflow for ingesting sources — PDFs, URLs, transcripts — and extracting structured information using AI.

3. SYNTHESIS PROMPT: Write the prompt that takes multiple source summaries and produces a coherent, non-repetitive synthesis with source attribution.

4. GAP DETECTION PROMPT: Write the prompt that reviews a body of research and identifies what important questions remain unanswered.

5. OUTPUT TEMPLATES: Design 3 output formats for different use cases: quick brief (1 page), detailed report (5 pages), and insight bullets (10 points).

6. QUALITY CONTROL LAYER: Define 3 human review checkpoints that ensure AI-generated research outputs are accurate and properly sourced.

7. AUTOMATION STACK: Recommend the tools to automate the repetitive parts of this workflow (ingestion, summarization, formatting) for [CONTEXT].

Format as a research system design document. Include all prompts in labeled code blocks.