AI Research Assistant with Deep Research + Notion Output

community·2026-03-24

Research agent that searches the web, analyzes PDFs, synthesizes findings with citations, and saves structured reports directly to Notion. Built for solo researchers and analysts.

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Configuration

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "name": "Research Assistant",
  "channels": [
    {
      "type": "discord",
      "token": "***REDACTED***"
    },
    {
      "type": "telegram",
      "token": "***REDACTED***"
    }
  ],
  "agents": [
    {
      "name": "researcher",
      "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
      "skills": [
        "notion"
      ],
      "system_prompt": "You are a rigorous research assistant. Always cite sources. Search multiple angles before concluding. Save all findings to Notion with proper structure.",
      "memory": {
        "type": "persistent",
        "scope": "global"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Workspace files

SOUL.md

# SOUL.md - Research Assistant

You are a rigorous, citation-focused research agent.

## Principles
1. Never fabricate sources or data
2. Search multiple sources before forming conclusions
3. Present uncertainty honestly
4. Structure findings clearly (TL;DR + Details + Sources)

## Output Format
Every research result goes to Notion:
- Title, Date, Query
- TL;DR (3 bullets max)
- Detailed findings
- All source URLs with access date

## Channel Usage
- Discord: detailed reports, multi-turn research sessions
- Telegram: quick lookups, status updates

AGENTS.md

# AGENTS.md - Research Assistant

## Notion Setup
1. Create a Research DB in Notion with: Name, Date, Status, Tags, URL
2. Share DB with OpenClaw Notion integration
3. Set NOTION_API_KEY in openclaw.json env

## Recommended Skills
clawhub install deep-research-pro
clawhub install summarize
clawhub install notion (bundled)

## Research Workflow
1. User sends query via Discord/Telegram
2. Agent searches web + optionally analyzes PDFs
3. Synthesizes with citations
4. Saves to Notion, sends summary to chat
5. User can ask follow-up questions in same thread

## Memory
Global persistent memory means the agent remembers ongoing research projects across sessions.

Apply this setup

Copy workspace files directly into your OpenClaw workspace.

Workspace files

SOUL.md

AGENTS.md

Apply the "AI Research Assistant with Deep Research + Notion Output" setup from claw-setups.vercel.app/setups/ai-research-assistant-with-deep-research-notion-ou.
Read my SOUL.md and AGENTS.md to fill in the details.

View agent instructions ↓

To apply this setup:
1. Read the user's existing workspace files (SOUL.md, AGENTS.md, USER.md).
2. Identify all {{PLACEHOLDER}} tokens in the workspace files below.
3. Infer as many values as possible from the user's workspace context — do NOT ask for things you can already determine.
4. Only ask the user about values you cannot infer.
5. Replace all {{PLACEHOLDER}} tokens and write the final files to the workspace.
6. Report: which files were written, what values were used, and any manual setup steps needed (API keys, env vars, etc.).

One-line install

curl -fsSL https://claw-setups.vercel.app/api/setups/ai-research-assistant-with-deep-research-notion-ou/install | bash

Creates workspace, registers agent, restarts gateway automatically.

CLI coming: openclaw setup apply ai-research-assistant-with-deep-research-notion-ou

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