Inside brand chat, questions that need outside information can launch a research card. Research runs in the background, gathers evidence from public sources or connected accounts, and returns a sourced report directly in your chat thread. Research is one specialist capability inside brand chat. It covers two broad lanes:Documentation Index
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- External public research for LinkedIn profiles, company pages, websites, public social posts, competitors, markets, and topical trends.
- Connected account insights for first-party performance analysis across your linked social accounts.
Research uses basic tokens. Each research subagent starts at 1 basic token, then adds another basic token for roughly every 50,000 model tokens it consumes.
External public research
External research searches the internet for information relevant to your question. It can inspect a specific page, review a public LinkedIn profile, analyze a public social post, or search broadly across the web and return a sourced report. How to trigger it: Ask about a person, company, website, competitor, trend, news cycle, or any other public topic that requires up-to-date external information.Connected account insights
Connected account insights analyze your linked social media accounts — engagement rates, top-performing posts, content patterns, and audience trends. How to trigger it: Ask about your own account performance on any connected platform (X, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and others).You must have a platform connected before the assistant can analyze it. See Connect platforms to link your accounts.
Reading research cards
When research runs, a research card appears in your chat thread.Card header
- Icon: Globe icon for external research, chart icon for connected account analysis.
- Status badge: Shows the current state of the research.
- Elapsed time: How long the subagent has been running.
- Token usage circle: Shows the basic token usage for that research run.
Status badges
| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Researching | The subagent is actively searching or analyzing. |
| Completed | Research finished successfully. Expand to read the report. |
| Failed | Something went wrong. Retry or adjust your prompt. |
| Interrupted | The subagent stopped unexpectedly. Try again. |
Collapsed and expanded views
- Collapsed: Shows the status badge, a brief preview of what the subagent is doing, and elapsed time.
- Expanded: Click to expand and see the full research transcript, including searches, page fetches, LinkedIn/profile lookups, and intermediate findings.
Report and citations
Once research completes, the card footer shows:- Research report: The full findings, collapsible for easy scanning.
- Citations: Source links for external research. Click any citation to visit the original page.
- Copy button: Copy the report text to your clipboard.
Aggregate reports
When one request triggers multiple research steps — for example, comparing competitors or analyzing performance across platforms — the assistant can synthesize them into a single aggregate report. The aggregate report includes:- Cross-platform overview combining all findings.
- Platform comparison (engagement, content types, audience).
- Top-performing content across sources.
- Strategic recommendations based on the combined data.
Tips
- Be specific about your research goal. “Research sustainable fashion trends in the US market for Gen Z” gives better results than “research fashion.”
- Use URLs or domains when you have them. Mention a specific LinkedIn profile, page, post, site, or domain to narrow results.
- Ask for cross-platform analysis when you have multiple accounts connected to get aggregate insights.
- Watch the token circle. A simple research run usually starts at 1 basic token. Larger multi-source or multi-agent research can cost more as the reports grow.
Billing notes
- Research uses basic tokens, not premium tokens.
- Each research subagent starts with a 1 basic token charge.
- Larger research runs add 1 basic token for roughly every 50,000 model tokens consumed.
- Trial accounts use the same research pricing, counted against the monthly Starter Trial basic tokens.
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