Should I ask the Analyst or ask Editor?

Either works. Ask the Analyst and it answers you, and you can keep the conversation going. Ask Editor and it writes the brief, an Analyst does the work in a conversation of its own, and Editor reports back in yours.

Where does the Analyst look?

Across the open web, and in your workspace’s own drafts and sources, so it doesn’t bring back what you already have.

Can I watch the research as it runs?

Yes. Click Open research on the card under Editor’s answer. Anyone in the workspace can read the conversation, but nobody writes in it. To end it early, click Stop on the card.

Where do the report’s links come from?

Reports link to sources found through Analyst’s web searches. Open the links to check the evidence for a claim.

Can the Analyst change my draft?

No. An Analyst has no tool that writes to a draft. It researches and files a report.

Deep research

Research a question
with sources.

Ask Analyst to research a topic, or ask Editor to request the research. You get a report with links to its sources.

Start writing

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Analyst08:40 AM

Painting one subject for years

Morandi is the clearest case, and Monet’s grainstacks are the other. The report is filed.

Editor08:31 AM

The ending of the pear essay

I’ve asked an Analyst to look into it. I’ll report back here when its report is in.

Editor

Find painters known for painting one subject again and again over many years. For each, give the subject, the years, and a source. The essay names Giorgio Morandi, so confirm what he painted.

Analyst worked through 6 steps

Morandi is the clearest case, and Monet’s grainstacks are the other. The report is filed.

Painters who kept one subject

Research report

Giorgio Morandi painted the same few bottles, jars, and boxes in his Bologna studio for most of his career.

Claude Monet painted the same grainstacks again and again in 1890 and 1891, in different seasons and at different times of day.

This research was requested by the Editor.

Back to the conversation

Ask it yourself

Ask the Analyst
directly.

Address the Analyst in the Studio bar and ask what you want to know. It answers you in a conversation in your Inbox.

It searches the open web, and your own drafts and sources too.

Conduct deep research on the following topic: painters who kept one subject for years

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The Analyst can help you:

Or ask Editor

Hand it off.
Keep writing.

Ask Editor to research a question. Analyst prepares the report, and Editor reports back in your conversation. Click Open research to follow the work. You can read that research conversation, but cannot reply in it.

Nell

Before I write the ending, can you find out who else painted one thing for years?

Editor worked through 1 step

I’ve asked an Analyst to look into it. I’ll report back here when its report is in.

Analyst

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Open research Stop

Find painters known for painting one subject again and again over many years. For each, give the subject, the years, and a source. The essay names Giorgio Morandi, so confirm what he painted.

Editor will get back to you with the results.

A cited report

Sources you
can check.

When it’s done, the Analyst files a report with its citations. It cites only pages its own searches found.

The report is saved as a source, ready to use in a draft.

How it works

Ask, research, cite.

01
Ask
Ask the Analyst in the Studio bar, or ask Editor and let it hand the work on.
02
Let it research
It searches the web, reads what it finds, and checks your own sources.
03
Use what it found
Open the report it filed, check its sources, and use it in your draft.

FAQ

Research a questionwith sources.

Ask the Analystdirectly.

Hand it off.Keep writing.

Sources youcan check.