Research Assistant

Overview

Decomposes complex research questions into sub-tasks and dispatches them to specialist agents in parallel using trigger_agent. The web researcher searches the internet while the knowledge analyst queries internal data. The orchestrator synthesizes all results, identifies conflicts between sources, scores confidence, and produces a structured report. Uses extended reasoning (32k budget) for deep synthesis and stores reports for future reference.

Use cases

Architecture

Main template files

Install these files with connic init my-project --templates=research-assistant. The CLI places agent definitions in a folder named after the template under agents/.

research-assistant/
  agents/
    research-orchestrator.yaml
    web-researcher.yaml
    knowledge-analyst.yaml
  tools/
    research_tools.py
  schemas/
    research-report.json
  requirements.txt
  README.md

Get started

Install the template, create a Connic project, and deploy through a connected Git repository or the CLI.

1. 1

   Install and scaffold

   Install the SDK and create a project from this template.

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   pip install connic-composer-sdk
   connic init my-project --templates=research-assistant

   Then cd my-project

2. 2

   Deploy

   Choose a deployment method. A connected Git repository deploys on push; use the CLI for projects without a connected Git repository.

   Git integration

   1. 1

      In Connic: Project Settings → Git & Environments, connect the GitHub repository

   2. 2

      On the same page, map a branch (e.g. main) to the Production environment

   3. 3

      Push the scaffolded project to that repository

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   git add .
   git commit -m "Add Research Assistant template"
   git push origin main

   CLI deploy

   1. 1

      In Connic: Project Settings → API Keys & MCP Auth, create an API key and copy project ID

   2. 2

      Run connic login in the project folder

   3. 3

      Use connic dev to try with hot-reload, connic test to run suites, or connic deploy for production

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   connic login
   connic dev     # Ephemeral dev env with hot-reload
   connic test    # Run declarative test suites
   connic deploy  # Deploy to production

3. 3

   Connect and configure

   Add an HTTP Webhook (sync) connector for on-demand research requests. The response contains the structured research report. Use a connic/* model, or add BYOK credentials under Project Settings → LLM Provider.

   Full connector setup guideQuickstart guideConnector docs