Paperclip Research Studio

Description and use

A compact research-to-publication company for collecting sources, building briefs, drafting assets and approving final copy.

Roles and handoffs

Research Scout

Collect primary sources and summarize evidence without inventing claims.

Source pack with URLs, excerpts and confidence notes.

Analyst

Extract themes, risks, opportunities and contradictions.

Structured brief and decision table.

Editor

Turn the brief into publishable copy with brand tone.

Draft plus citations and open questions.

Agents

Source Finder

Searches web, APIs and existing knowledge bases.

Hermes

• web
• browser
• session_search

Brief Writer

Synthesizes findings into markdown and tables.

Claude Code or Hermes

• file
• terminal

Editorial QA

Checks citation coverage, stale facts and unsupported claims.

Hermes

• web
• file

Environment requirements

SEARCH_API_KEY

Optional metasearch provider for higher-volume research.

OBSIDIAN_VAULT_PATH

Local vault path for durable notes.

Skills

• arxiv
• youtube-content
• humanizer
• obsidian
• writing-plans

Runtime assumptions

• Research outputs are stored as markdown before publication.
• Source-first lookup is mandatory when URLs or documents are provided.
• No external post is published without final human confirmation.

Safety notes

• Do not cite session memory as evidence for current external facts.
• Mark uncertainty and conflicting sources.
• Keep private client material out of public snippets and examples.

Setup steps

• Define the target audience and decision to support.
• Collect source pack before drafting.
• Run citation QA before export.

Import instructions

• Copy the markdown template into your research workspace.
• Map source-finder tools to the APIs available in your runtime.
• Keep any paid-source credentials in runtime secrets, not in shared docs.