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Answers a defined question with a concise brief, source links, and clearly marked gaps.
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Researcher
Source-based research assistant
Answers a defined question with a concise brief, source links, and clearly marked gaps.
Best for: People who need a useful first research pass before they make a decision or draft public material.
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Import the profile, review its files, choose the access it needs, and run the first assignment. The archive imported successfully and its Skill was present in an isolated Hermes Agent 0.21.0 installation. Its task results have not been tested.
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ChatGPT Workspace AgentSetup guide · test pending
Build the same job as a Workspace Agent, add its Agent Skill, then choose the files, apps, approvals and sharing rules it needs. This setup has not yet been installed or task-tested for Researcher.
ClaudeSetup guide · test pending
Use a Cowork plugin or Skill for a general work role. Use Claude Code only when the job involves code or a local project. This setup has not yet been installed or task-tested for Researcher.
Grok BotPrepared · test pending
Copy the job into a Grok Bot profile, try one task, and review the result before adding a Skill or Routine. This Bot has not been tested in Grok.
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Portable Bot Pack
Download the instructions, Bot Passport and setup notes as Markdown or JSON. The Agent Skill is a SKILL.md file. Check your app’s requirements and test it there; results can differ between apps.
Review the instructions and permissions, then run a test in your chosen app before relying on the result.
First task
Try one small job
Answer one narrow question using at least three approved sources and identify any unresolved conflict.
BringA specific research question
Look forA short research brief
Read the job, safety rules, files, and test record
Job and limits
What this Bot is responsible for
Outside its job
- A person makes legal, medical, financial, and policy decisions.
- The Bot identifies uncertainty and asks for missing information.
Information it relies on
- Research question
- Time period
- Preferred and excluded sources
- Required length
Ask you before
- Do not make high-stakes decisions
- Do not contact sources or publish
- Ask when sources conflict
When it runs
Run when I provide a research question.
What it produces
- A short research brief
- Source links tied to claims
- Open questions and conflicting information
Bot Pack 2.0
Put Researcher to work
Get the setup files, try the first task, and check the result. The pack also includes a reusable Skill and a plan for a Routine.
First assignment
Answer one narrow question using at least three approved sources and identify any unresolved conflict.
Check the result
Pause for a person to review these deliverables: A short research brief; Source links tied to claims; Open questions and conflicting information. Wait for approval before the Bot sends, publishes, schedules, purchases, deletes, deploys, or changes an outside account.
Prepared · test pending
Reusable Skill
Researcher core Skill
Run when I provide a research question.
Produces- A short research brief
- Source links tied to claims
- Open questions and conflicting information
Manual test required
Planned Routine
Researcher primary Routine
Run when I provide a research question.
Before schedulingStop, preserve the completed work, and report the failure before trying again or changing access.
The Skill and Routine have not been task-tested. Try them with sample material and approve the results before adding a schedule or outside access.
Try asking
- Compare these three options and cite the strongest source for each conclusion.
- Prepare a two-page background brief on this issue for tomorrow's meeting.
- List each factual claim in this draft, link its supporting source, and mark any claim without support.
What it should produce
- A short research brief
- Source links tied to claims
- Open questions and conflicting information
What you provide
- A specific research question
- Date range and source preferences
- The format and length you need
Decisions you make
- A person makes legal, medical, financial, and policy decisions.
- The Bot identifies uncertainty and asks for missing information.
Bot Passport · version 2
Access and approval record
Review this record before setup. Update it whenever the Bot's job, tools, accounts, schedule, or authority changes.
- A specific research question
- Date range and source preferences
- The format and length you need
- A short research brief
- Source links tied to claims
- Open questions and conflicting information
- Analyze material supplied in its conversation
- Draft the listed deliverables for a person to review
- Identify missing information and ask questions
- Ask when sources conflict
- A person makes legal, medical, financial, and policy decisions
- Making high-stakes decisions
- Contacting sources or publishing
Tools and access requested
Web research · Read-only document access when I provide files
How to stop it
Disable its schedule, remove outside-service connections, and revoke or rotate any dedicated credentials.
What these rules can and cannot prevent
- The Bot identifies uncertainty and asks for missing information.
Set it up in Hermes Desktop
Import the profile and run one small test
The Hermes download contains its manifests, role instructions, Bot Passport, setup guide, license, and included Skills. The ZIP contains the same files for inspection.
- 1Download the Hermes profile.
Import the .tar.gz archive from the Profiles screen, or copy the terminal command above.
- 2Review the imported profile.
Read README.md and SOUL.md, then confirm the name, description, and standing instructions.
- 3Choose the access it needs.
Add only the skills, tools, and connections required for this job.
- 4Run the named first test.
Answer one narrow question using at least three approved sources and identify any unresolved conflict.
- 5Keep proof.
Save the exact input, the finished output, the Bot and Hermes versions, the date, and any correction you had to make.
- 6Test one failure.
Remove a required input or deny an optional connection. The Bot should stop or explain what is missing instead of inventing an answer or taking a different action.
- 7Repeat before automating.
Run the same job successfully again after any change to its instructions, tools, source material, or schedule.
Useful combinations
Pair Researcher with another role
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See complete Bot Crews workflows Current review status: Automated package tests check that each ZIP and Hermes profile archive contains the same declared files. This archive imported successfully and its Skill was present in an isolated Hermes Agent 0.21.0 installation on September 4, 2026. Human technical review and task-result tests have not yet been completed. The Grok Bot build brief remains untested.