Summary  
This chapter covers automated generation of a structured summary document by extracting key questions, findings, supporting evidence, limitations, and conclusions from approved sources with citations.

General domain of usage  
Academic research reporting

A research brief turns collected evidence into a clear summary of the most important findings. It should include the research question, key findings, supporting evidence, important limitations, and the main conclusion.

Claude should base the brief only on approved sources and clearly connect important claims to their supporting evidence.

> ### Task
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> * Ask Claude to generate a concise research brief using the findings in your workspace.
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>   > **Create a research brief based on the approved sources and findings in my workspace. Include the main research question, key findings, supporting evidence, limitations, and a clear conclusion. Add citations for every important claim.**> 

Build a complete AI-powered research system using Claude Code. You will learn how to turn a broad topic into focused research questions, create a structured plan, find and evaluate reliable sources, and organise evidence in a reusable workspace. Through practical AI Lab chapters, you will create source libraries, compare conflicting information, store findings in a research database, and produce clear research briefs with accurate citations. By the end of the course, you will have a repeatable Claude Code workflow that can be used for future research projects.

Learn what makes a research system reliable and how to prepare a structured workspace before collecting information. You will define research questions, set the scope of the project, and create a clear research plan for Claude to follow.

Learn how to find relevant information and judge whether a source is trustworthy. You will remove weak, outdated, and duplicate sources before organising the strongest results into a structured source library.

Turn collected sources into clear and usable evidence. You will extract key findings, compare sources that disagree, and build a research database that keeps claims, evidence, and source details connected.

Use the collected evidence to develop supported conclusions and create a concise research brief. You will review claims and citations for accuracy before turning the complete process into a reusable Claude Code workflow.