AI for Research
Build a Daily AI Research Brief With Perplexity and Claude
A repeatable workflow for turning scattered AI news, product updates, and research links into a daily briefing.
Outcome
A daily research brief that you can read in 5 minutes.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- 01Gather your sourcesCreate a list of 3-5 trusted news sources, RSS feeds, or Twitter lists you want to monitor.
- 02Query Perplexity for recent newsUse Perplexity to search those specific sources for the last 24 hours of updates.Prompt: Search the following sources for any AI-related news published in the last 24 hours: [Source 1], [Source 2]. Summarize the top 5 most important updates.
- 03Synthesize with ClaudePaste the Perplexity output into Claude and ask it to format a clean, readable brief.Prompt: You are an executive analyst. Turn these raw updates into a concise daily briefing. Format with clear headers, bullet points, and a 1-sentence 'Why it matters' for each item.
Copyable Prompts
- 01Perplexity Research PromptSearch the following sources for news published in the last 24 hours: [Source List]. Focus only on [Topic]. Return a bulleted list of facts and links.
- 02Claude Synthesis PromptAct as a senior analyst. Take this raw research and format it into a daily brief for a [Audience]. Include a 1-sentence summary at the top.
Required Tools
- Perplexity
- Claude
Prerequisites
- Basic understanding of prompting
- Free accounts on Perplexity and Claude
Best For
Founders tracking competitors
Marketers monitoring industry changes
Analysts creating daily briefs
Example Output
# Daily AI Briefing **Top Story:** OpenAI releases new model. *Why it matters:* It significantly reduces inference costs. [...]
Troubleshooting
Perplexity isn't finding recent news.
Add 'published in the last 24 hours' or 'from today' to the prompt.
Claude's formatting is too long.
Tell Claude 'Keep the entire brief under 300 words' or 'Use max 3 bullet points per item'.
Pro Tips
- Save the Claude prompt as a Project instruction so you don't have to paste it every day.
- Use Zapier to automatically email the final brief to your team.
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