Research and analysis

Jazz can search the web, aggregate information from multiple sources, and generate comprehensive reports. Use Jazz for research tasks, competitive analysis, and knowledge management.

Research and report generation

Use Jazz to research topics and generate comprehensive reports by aggregating information from multiple sources.

Example

jazz agent chat research-assistant

Ask: "Collect latest guides on TypeScript 5.5 and summarize sources" Jazz will:

Search the web for TypeScript 5.5 guides
Aggregate information from multiple sources
Output a concise report with links and key takeaways

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Best practices

"Research best practices for React performance optimization"

Security research

"Find the latest security vulnerabilities in Node.js and summarize"

Tool comparison

"Compare the top 3 project management tools and create a comparison report"

Framework analysis

"Compare React Server Components vs Astro islands architecture with pros and cons"

Competitive analysis

Research competitors and create comprehensive comparison reports.

Example

Ask: "Research the top 3 project management tools and create a comparison report with recommendations" Jazz will:

Research the specified competitors
Gather pricing information
Compare features and integrations
Analyze user reviews
Create a comprehensive comparison report
Provide recommendations based on your needs

Example output

You: Research the top 3 project management tools and create a
     comparison report with recommendations

Agent: [Researching Asana, Monday.com, and Jira]

✓ Gathered pricing information
✓ Compared features and integrations
✓ Analyzed user reviews
✓ Created comparison report

# Project Management Tools Comparison

## Feature Comparison

| Feature | Asana | Monday.com | Jira |
|---------|-------|------------|------|
| Task Management | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agile Boards | Limited | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| Automation | ✓ | ✓✓ | ✓ |
| Integrations | 200+ | 50+ | 3000+ |

## Recommendation

Monday.com for our cross-functional team:
- Best automation (saves ~5hrs/week)
- Intuitive for non-technical users
- Good Slack/GitHub integration

Saved to: docs/pm-tools-comparison.md

Jazz can research multiple competitors simultaneously and reports include features, pricing, and user feedback. Recommendations are tailored to your needs.

Deep research workflow

Schedule Jazz to conduct deep research on topics and save the results to your knowledge base.

Example workflow: Tech digest

The tech-digest workflow runs daily to compile a comprehensive digest of AI and tech news:

---
name: tech-digest
description: Daily comprehensive AI & tech trends digest with deep research
schedule: "0 8 * * *"
autoApprove: true
catchUpOnStartup: true
skills:
  - deep-research
---

What it researches

Research scope:

AI & Machine Learning
- New model releases and benchmarks
- Research breakthroughs (Hugging Face Papers, arXiv)
- Tool and framework updates
- AI safety and policy developments
Tech Industry News
- Major product launches and updates
- Company announcements and pivots
- Tech layoffs or hiring trends
- Regulatory news (EU, US, China)
Startups & Investments
- Funding rounds (Series A, B, C, etc.)
- Notable acquisitions
- New startup launches
- VC trends and insights
Developer & Open Source
- Trending GitHub repositories
- New developer tools
- Framework updates (React, Next.js, Rust, etc.)
- API launches

Sources

Jazz researches across multiple platforms:

Twitter/X: Tech influencers, AI researchers, VCs
Reddit: r/MachineLearning, r/artificial, r/technology, r/startups, r/programming
Hugging Face: Daily Papers, trending models, new spaces
Hacker News: Top stories from the last 24 hours
TechCrunch: Funding news, startup coverage
The Verge: Product news, industry trends
Ars Technica: Deep tech analysis
Product Hunt: New launches
GitHub Trending: Hot repositories

Report structure

The workflow generates a markdown file with:

Top Stories (3-5 most significant developments)
AI & Machine Learning (new models, research, tools)
Funding & Investments (funding rounds, acquisitions)
Startups & Products (launches, trending products)
Developer News (trending repos, framework updates)
Market Trends (analysis of overall tech sentiment)
Sources (list of all sources used)

File storage

Digests are saved to: ~/tech-digests/[YEAR]/[Month]/[DD].md For example: ~/tech-digests/2026/February/03.md

Schedule the workflow

jazz workflow schedule tech-digest

Example output

# Tech & AI Digest - March 3, 2026

## 🔥 Top Stories

1. **OpenAI releases GPT-5** - Significant improvements in reasoning
   and code generation. Benchmarks show 40% improvement over GPT-4.
   [Link]

2. **Anthropic raises $1.5B Series D** - Led by Google Ventures,
   valuation now at $18B. Focus on constitutional AI research. [Link]

3. **React 19 released** - Server Components now stable, new compiler
   optimizations, breaking changes in Suspense API. [Link]

## 🤖 AI & Machine Learning

### New Models & Research
- DeepMind's AlphaCode 3 achieves 85% on Codeforces problems
- New multimodal model from Stability AI handles video + text

...

The workflow uses the deep-research skill to conduct thorough multi-source research. It focuses on signal over noise and includes only truly noteworthy items.

Knowledge management

Use Jazz to research topics and save them to your personal knowledge base.

Example

You: Do deep research on the Three-Body Problem and write it in my Obsidian vault

Agent: [Researching the Three-Body Problem]

✓ Researched physics concepts
✓ Gathered historical context
✓ Found recent developments
✓ Analyzed implications
✓ Created structured note

Saved to: ~/Obsidian/Science/Three-Body-Problem.md

Note includes:
- Physics fundamentals
- Historical background
- Mathematical formulation
- Chaos theory implications
- Recent computational approaches
- Applications in astronomy
- References and further reading

PDF analysis

Jazz can read and analyze PDF documents.

Example

You: Analyze this PDF report and extract the key financial metrics

Agent: [Reading quarterly-report-q4-2025.pdf]

✓ Extracted financial data
✓ Identified key metrics
✓ Generated summary

Key Financial Metrics Q4 2025:
- Revenue: $127.5M (+23% YoY)
- Net Income: $18.2M (+45% YoY)
- Operating Margin: 32% (+5pp YoY)
- Customer Count: 12,450 (+1,200 QoQ)
- ARR: $480M (+28% YoY)
- Net Revenue Retention: 118%

Notable trends:
- Enterprise segment growing 40% YoY
- International revenue now 35% of total
- R&D spending increased to 22% of revenue

Save full analysis to file? (yes/no)

More examples

WebAssembly research

"Research the latest developments in WebAssembly and write a 2-page summary"

Architecture comparison

"Compare React Server Components vs Astro islands architecture with pros and cons"

CI/CD comparison

"Compare the top 5 CI/CD platforms"

Database analysis

"Research and compare database options for our use case"

Setup

Create an agent with web search capabilities:

jazz agent create
# Name: research-assistant
# Tools: Web Search, File System

Then start chatting:

jazz agent chat research-assistant

Jazz maintains context throughout the conversation, so you can refine your requests and ask follow-up questions. Reports are saved for future reference.

Built-in workflows

Jazz ships with research workflows ready to go:

Workflow	Schedule	What it does
tech-digest	Daily	Scan AI/tech news sources and compile a personalized digest
market-analysis	Daily	Stock/crypto analysis with buy/sell signals
weather-briefing	Every morning	Weather forecast + outfit recommendations for your location

List available workflows:

jazz workflow list

Run a workflow:

jazz workflow run tech-digest

Schedule a workflow:

jazz workflow schedule tech-digest

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Core Concepts

Guides

Use Cases

Research and analysis

Research and report generation

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Best practices

Security research

Tool comparison

Framework analysis

Competitive analysis

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Deep research workflow

Example workflow: Tech digest

What it researches

Sources

Report structure

File storage

Schedule the workflow

Example output

Knowledge management

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PDF analysis

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WebAssembly research

Architecture comparison

CI/CD comparison

Database analysis

Setup

Built-in workflows

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Get Started

Core Concepts

Guides

Use Cases

Documentation Index

​Research and report generation

​Example

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Best practices

Security research

Tool comparison

Framework analysis

​Competitive analysis

​Example

​Example output

​Deep research workflow

​Example workflow: Tech digest

​What it researches

​Sources

​Report structure

​File storage

​Schedule the workflow

​Example output

​Knowledge management

​Example

​PDF analysis

​Example

​More examples

WebAssembly research

Architecture comparison

CI/CD comparison

Database analysis

​Setup

​Built-in workflows

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Research and report generation

Example

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Competitive analysis

Example

Example output

Deep research workflow

Example workflow: Tech digest

What it researches

Sources

Report structure

File storage

Schedule the workflow

Example output

Knowledge management

Example

PDF analysis

Example

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Setup

Built-in workflows