A structured brief, not forty tabs
Compile web research on any topic into a structured brief you can actually hand to someone
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
Paid loyalty tiers keep customers longer, but the evidence on discounts is mixed.
- Known: paid-tier members renewed more often in all six studies you gathered, by 10% to 25%.
- Contested: two sources disagree on whether points-based discounts build loyalty or teach customers to wait for sales.
- For you: a paid tier fits the Birdseed Brands pitch better than a points program.
The brief draws on 14 sources you gathered this week.
The problem
Research starts with a question and ends with forty tabs, three PDFs, and a document titled 'notes FINAL v2'. The synthesis, the part that matters, happens at midnight before the meeting.
Everyone can gather. The scarce skill is compiling: turning the pile into a page a decision can stand on.
What it does
This routine takes the topic you give it and compiles your research into a structured brief: what is known, what is contested, and what it means for you.
You keep the gathering; the routine does the shape. The midnight synthesis session gets a lot shorter.
Try the prompt
Copy it into a new Littlebird routine, then set the days and times that fit your schedule
- Open Littlebird and go to Routines. Open the menu next to New Routine and choose Set up manually.
- Paste the prompt into Instructions, then set the days and time under Run.
- Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. You can pause or edit it anytime. Auto-pause is on by default and pauses it if reports go unread.
You can also choose Create with Littlebird and describe the routine in chat.
Every Thursday compile my research on this week's topic into a structured brief with sources
Why make it a routine?
Skills are a good demo. You open a chat, paste in yesterday's context, and get a pretty solid answer exactly once.
Tomorrow you do the whole thing again: same paste, same wait. The skill does not know your meetings, your threads, or what changed since Monday.
This routine knows all of that before it runs. It fires on schedule and hands you the result where you already work.
Frequently asked questions
How deep does the brief go?
Deep enough to brief a colleague: key facts, open questions, and implications. You set the scope in the prompt.
Can I rerun it on new topics?
Yes. Change the topic in the prompt and the next run compiles the new subject.
Who has access to what this routine sees?
Only you can see its reports. Littlebird never sells data, and it is SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA aligned.
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