Research Agent Instructions With Source Rules
Instruct an agent to research a question and cite what it found.
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Write instructions for a research agent. The question type it will receive: [QUESTION_TYPE]. Sources it may use: [ALLOWED_SOURCES]. Sources it must avoid: [BANNED_SOURCES]. Output reader: [READER]. Time or step budget: [BUDGET]. Cover how it plans before searching, how many independent sources are needed for a claim, how it records each source with title, date and the exact passage used, what it does when sources conflict, and when it stops and asks me instead of continuing. Include a rule that any number or quote must appear in a retrieved source, and a final section of what remains uncertain. Return the instructions, a report template with citations, and three sample questions with the behaviour you would expect. Also tell the agent how to label the strength of evidence for each finding, how to avoid repeating a single source that appears on several sites, and how to present opposing views fairly instead of picking the one that fits.
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