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Auto-Researcher

Auto-Researcher reads the sources of a Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) notebook and makes study material without you typing a prompt. It can make a briefing, study guide, flashcards, slide deck, infographic or quiz when a tag is added or a notebook is filed.

This needs Kortex Pro. See pricing.

Auto-Researcher: one event, three artifacts The Create Pipeline window, where a rule that makes artifacts is built

Why use Auto-Researcher?​

It is like a research assistant who reads everything first, then hands you a summary.

  • Drop sources in and get a guide out.
  • You get short, useful summaries without asking.
  • It does the first pass of reading for you.

How do I set it up?​

  1. Open Automation and click Create Pipeline.
  2. Name it, for example "Study pack for class notebooks". Press Next.
  3. For the trigger, click Moved to collection or Notebook tag added, and pick the collection or tag.
  4. For the action, choose Generate artifact.
  5. Pick what to make. You can pick more than one. The choices are a briefing, a study guide, flashcards, a slide deck, an infographic and a quiz.
  6. You can type your own instructions in Custom Prompt, or use a prompt from your library.
  7. Press Next and save.

Examples​

  • Add the tag #class. Kortex makes a study guide and flashcards.
  • Move a notebook into Client Research. Kortex makes a briefing.
Good to know
  • Older versions of Kortex had a separate Auto-Researcher screen. Today it is simply a pipeline built in the same wizard as every other rule. If you had a Auto-Researcher rule before, Kortex moved it into a pipeline once, named after the old type.
  • Making these takes a few minutes. Watch progress in the activity list.
  • The action Ask and save the answer is another way to get a summary. It asks one question and saves the reply as a source or a note.

Related: Automation Rules, All Artifacts, The Generator.