Research Brief

Smart search across your workspace

Surface everything you know about a topic, threaded together into a brief. Research Brief searches across profiles, organizations, activities, shared docs, work items, and daily logs — then synthesizes what it finds into a coherent summary with sources.

Just say:

"What do I know about enterprise pricing strategies?"

"Pull together everything we have on the Greenlight Foundation"

Pairs well with:

Web searchGoogle Drive
.claude/commands/research-brief.md
# Research Brief: Smart search across your workspace

Research the following topic: $ARGUMENTS

Follow these steps:

1. **Search your workspace.** Use `hidn_semantic_search` with the user's query to find relevant profiles, organizations, activities, notes, shared docs, and logs across the entire workspace.

2. **Search shared docs.** Use `hidn_list_shared_docs` to find documents related to the topic. Use `hidn_get_shared_doc_id` to pull the contents of the most relevant ones.

3. **Search work history.** Use `hidn_search_workitems` to find tasks and projects related to the topic. Use `hidn_search_logs` to find daily log entries with relevant context.

4. **Search people and orgs.** Use `hidn_search_profiles` and `hidn_search_orgs` to find contacts and companies connected to the topic.

5. **Synthesize.** Thread together everything found into a coherent brief. Cross-reference sources — a person mentioned in a doc might also have a profile with additional context.

## Output format

Present as a research brief:

**What you know**
- Key facts, decisions, and context found across your workspace
- Sourced from: [which tools/docs provided each piece]

**People connected to this**
- Profiles related to the topic, with their role and relevance

**Organizations involved**
- Companies or orgs connected, with context

**Timeline**
- Key events or interactions in chronological order (if applicable)

**Gaps**
- What you don't have in your workspace that might be useful
- Suggest: "Want me to search the web for [specific missing info]?"

Keep it factual. Distinguish between what's in your workspace vs. what you're inferring.

myhidn tools this skill uses:

hidn_semantic_searchhidn_list_shared_docshidn_get_shared_doc_idhidn_search_workitemshidn_search_logshidn_search_profileshidn_search_orgs