> ## 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.

# Research

> Ready-made research patterns you can set up in a few minutes

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](/use-cases/intelligence-gathering) covers the same ground in more depth.

Every research pattern has three pieces:

* **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

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  <Card title="Daily Research Brief" href="/guides/research/daily-research-brief">
    A recurring agent that keeps one document on a topic fresh, every morning.

    {'\n\n'}

    **Good for:** A fast-moving theme — AI in marketing, a new competitor category, a regulatory shift.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Track a Company (or Anything Else)" href="/guides/research/track-a-company">
    A reusable skill that keeps one document per company, product, or person you care about.

    {'\n\n'}

    **Good for:** A list of competitors, accounts, portfolio companies, or key people.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Plan Ahead with a Rolling Calendar" href="/guides/research/rolling-calendar">
    A skill that keeps a tidy, deduplicated list of upcoming items.

    {'\n\n'}

    **Good for:** Events, conferences, releases, or deadlines in the coming months.
  </Card>
</Columns>