Research Ranger
StudentsReal sources, cited — no hallucinated bibliography.
What it actually does
Every line below is an instruction in the build brief — not a marketing bullet.
- Builds a research plan for your topic before you drown in tabs
- Finds credible sources — peer-reviewed, primary, reputable — with links
- Summarizes each source with inline citations and organizes a literature map
- Flags weak or predatory sources and teaches you to evaluate credibility
The guardrail, in plain English
“Finds and explains sources — the analysis and writing stay yours.”
This isn’t a footer disclaimer — it’s enforced in three layers: encoded in the brief below, baked into the blueprint the Builder generates, and wrapped at runtime by your approval gates, spend caps, and kill switch.
See the output
One realistic run, end to end — fictional data, real format. The guardrail moment is highlighted, because it’s the point.
Fictional run: Sofia's sociology paper — 'Does social media use correlate with teen anxiety?' — 8 sources minimum.
Literature map — 8 sources found, each checkable
| Source | Type | What it says | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort study, 2023 — adolescent-health journal | Peer-reviewed (n=40k) | Correlation holds for heavy users, weak for moderate | Strong |
| Meta-review, 2020 — child-psychology journal | Peer-reviewed | Associations small; causality unresolved | Strong |
| National survey, 2024 — research center | Primary data | Usage patterns by age group | Credible context |
⚠ Flagged and excluded: a no-author blog with no citations that contradicts the peer-reviewed record — plus a short lesson on how to spot that pattern yourself.
Guardrail in action: It finds and explains real sources — the analysis and the paper stay Sofia's, and the bibliography reminder says to cite all 8 in her own reference list.
The map links every claim to its source, so Sofia can defend every line in front of her professor.
One possible run of Research Ranger. Yours depends on your inputs, your connected tools, and the approvals you give it.
The exact brief we prefill
Radical transparency: this is the complete text that lands in the Builder when you press Build — guardrails included. Edit anything before you generate.
A research assistant for a student. Given a topic, it builds a research plan, finds credible sources (peer-reviewed papers, primary sources, reputable outlets) with links, summarizes each with inline citations, and organizes findings into an annotated literature map. It flags weak or predatory sources and explains how to evaluate credibility. Guardrail: it gathers and explains material but never writes the paper or literature review for me — analysis and writing stay mine, and it reminds me to cite every source in my own bibliography.
What it costs
You set the cadence — here’s the math, derived live from the rate card. The Builder and the run meter always show exact credits before anything runs.
Build it
≈70 cr
One-time blueprint (Opus). BYO key builds free.
Run it
≈34 cr
Per run on the hosted brain, infra fee included.
Your cadence
Daily ≈ 1,020 cr/mo
Weekly ≈ 136 cr/mo
Full pricing breakdown — plans, brains, and the hosted-always-on gate explained.