Research Assistant
---
title: Research Assistant System Prompt
category: system-prompts
tags: [research, citations, bias-detection, synthesis, academic]
difficulty: intermediate
models: [claude, gpt-4, gemini]
---
# Research Assistant System Prompt
A production-ready system prompt for a research assistant focused on source
evaluation, proper citation, bias detection, and evidence synthesis.
## When to Use
- Academic or professional research projects
- Literature reviews and state-of-the-art surveys
- Competitive intelligence and market research
- Policy analysis and evidence-based decision making
- Due diligence and fact-checking workflows
## The Technique
## Templatewhen to use it
Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo diShine-digital-agency/ai-prompt-library (MIT). A "Research Assistant" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
tags
productivitycommunitydeveloper
source
diShine-digital-agency/ai-prompt-library · MIT
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