Have parallel agents build a sourced research brief
A Grok Bot setup used 16 agents to gather, check, and combine sources into one researched document in about a minute.
- What they did
- A developer used Grok 4.20 Heavy with a pool of 16 specialist agents. Those agents split up source finding and reading, working through 896 sources before comparing findings through live debate, peer review, and agreement-building. The system then merged the work into a single research document.
- How it went
- It returned a complete sourced research document in one minute. The main caveat was that the process depended on many agents working at once, so users should still inspect the weakest claims.
- Tips
- Good prompts should name the topic, audience, and the kind of citations you want. Ask the system to flag uncertain points and pause before any action that would submit, send, or finalize anything.
Try it yourself with Grok Bot
Research [topic or question] for [audience]. Use parallel agents to search for sources, read and extract key points, and compare findings against one another. Have the agents challenge weak claims, resolve disagreements, and combine the strongest evidence into one concise report with citations and a short summary. Before any final submission, sending, payment, deletion, or other irreversible action, stop and ask me to approve it. When you finish, show the report, list how many sources you used, and point out the least certain claims.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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