Research Pipeline — Introduction

Build a Research & Content Pipeline

Difficulty: Intermediate
Time: 30-40 minutes
Prerequisites: Complete the Personal Assistant tutorial first

What We’re Building

A system with four specialized AI agents working together:

User: "Write a blog post about quantum computing in 2026"
  ↓
Router Agent (decides who handles it)
  ↓
Researcher Agent (searches the web, gathers facts)
  ↓
Analyzer Agent (extracts insights, finds patterns)
  ↓
Writer Agent (produces polished content)
  ↓
Result: A complete, well-researched blog post

Each agent has a specific role, personality, and skill set. They delegate work to each other — just like a real content team.

Why Multi-Agent?

You could put everything in one agent’s instructions. But there are good reasons to split:

Specialization — Each agent is optimized for its task. The Researcher is thorough and factual. The Writer is creative and engaging. One prompt can’t do both well.
Separation of concerns — If the output is bad, you know which agent to fix. Was the research wrong? Or was the writing poor?
Reusability — The Researcher can be used by other pipelines (not just content). The Writer can be used for emails, not just blog posts.
Cost efficiency — You can use a cheaper model for simple routing and an expensive model for complex writing.

What You’ll Learn

Multi-agent architecture — How agents talk to each other
The Router pattern — A central agent that decides who handles what
Delegation — ctx.delegate('agent-name', input)
Custom tools — Real web search integration
Agent personalities — Different temperatures, different instructions
Pipeline execution — Sequential processing where each agent builds on the previous

The Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  User's Request                    │
│       "Write a blog post about AI agents"        │
└─────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┘
                          │
                          ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                Router Agent                        │
│  Decides: This needs full pipeline                │
│  (research → analyze → write)                     │
└─────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┘
                          │
          ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
          ▼               ▼               ▼
┌────────────────┐ ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────────┐
│   Researcher   │ │  Analyzer  │ │    Writer       │
│ • Searches web │ │ • Patterns │ │ • Clear prose   │
│ • Cites sources│ │ • Insights │ │ • Engaging      │
│ • Factual      │ │ • Logical  │ │ • Structured    │
│ temp: 0.3      │ │ temp: 0.3  │ │ temp: 0.8       │
└────────────────┘ └────────────┘ └────────────────┘

Let’s Start

Continue to Step 1: Create the Project →