Research patterns are ready-made loops — a skill paired with a task or job — that you drop into the Coconut Assistant and have running in a few minutes. Each one produces a knowledge document that updates itself over time, instead of growing endlessly. They’re the fastest way to put a research workflow in place. For the bigger picture, Use Cases covers the same ground in more depth. Every research pattern has three pieces:Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.coconut.dev/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
- A skill that defines what the agent does and what document it produces
- A task or job that triggers the skill (one-time, or on a recurring schedule)
- A knowledge document the skill keeps fresh, updating in place instead of piling up
Pick a pattern
Daily Research Brief
A recurring agent that keeps one document on a topic fresh, every morning.Good for: A fast-moving theme — AI in marketing, a new competitor category, a regulatory shift.
Track a Company (or Anything Else)
A reusable skill that keeps one document per company, product, or person you care about.Good for: A list of competitors, accounts, portfolio companies, or key people.
Plan Ahead with a Rolling Calendar
A skill that keeps a tidy, deduplicated list of upcoming items.Good for: Events, conferences, releases, or deadlines in the coming months.