Packages / Individuals & families
Research Assistant
Turns a defined research question into a sourced comparison, shortlist, or monitoring brief.
- Setup
- S$600–S$1,200
- Monthly care
- S$49–S$99/month
01The problem it removes
Real research — comparing renovation contractors, insurance options, schools, suppliers — takes hours of repetitive searching, and the findings end up scattered across screenshots and memory.
Built for · Anyone making a considered decision who wants the legwork done systematically and shown with sources.
02What it needs from you
- A question and what the decision depends on
- Constraints: budget, location, deal-breakers
- Optional documents to take into account
03What you get
- A structured comparison with sources and dates
- A shortlist with reasoning for and against each option
- Watch briefs: ongoing monitoring of prices or availability
03AA concrete view
Research brief
Incoming brief
“Compare quiet air-con options for a four-room flat under S$4k.”
A comparison you can inspect
- Sourced
Noise rating
6 products · manufacturer claims dated
- Compared
Installed price
14 Singapore retailers checked
- Review
Final shortlist
Three options with reasons against
04How it works
01 Brief
You describe the decision and constraints in plain language; the assistant plays the question back to confirm scope.
02 Sweep
It searches systematically, records where every fact came from, and flags marketing claims versus verifiable facts.
03 Structure
Findings arrive as a comparison table and a recommendation with explicit reasoning, not a wall of links.
04 Watch
If the decision isn't urgent, it keeps monitoring and tells you when something material changes.
05Autonomy & approvals
The approved scope records this boundary. Every launch begins with review or approval; any action that later runs unattended is enabled only after you approve that specific lane.
May act without approval after rollout
- Searching and reading public sources
- Organising findings and re-checking stale facts
Always needs your approval
- Contacting any vendor or person on your behalf
- Spending money or creating accounts
06Data & privacy commitments
- Works mostly with public information plus the brief you provide.
- Documents you share stay within your workspace and are deletable.
07Example exchange
You
Best air-con brand for a 4-room flat, quiet matters most, budget $4k installed.
Research Assistant
I compared 6 brands across 14 SG retailers. Three fit your budget with low noise ratings (below 40 dB). Here's the table — noise figures are manufacturer-declared; two have third-party measurements, which I've marked.
Draws on research workflows we use for supplier and product decisions.
08Further reading
- ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini as everyday AI assistants (Singapore, 2026)
Compare ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini by working style, ecosystem, data controls and fit — with a repeatable trial instead of a benchmark winner.
- How AI assistants work: models, memory, knowledge, tools and permissions
A technical but plain-language anatomy of AI assistants, including retrieval, tool calls, task state, permission gates, evaluation and failure recovery.
09Next step
Indicative setup
S$600–S$1,200
Indicative monthly care
S$49–S$99/month
Indicative bands; the written scope carries the fixed quote and names any third-party fees. The approved scope defines the implementation, operating boundaries and commercial terms.
Setup covers
Workflow mapping, agreed connections, source preparation, boundary tests, launch and handover.
Monthly care covers
Monitoring, routine source and rule updates, failure review, and the support allowance written into scope.
Named separately
Target launch date, third-party and usage fees, included revisions, and the threshold for a scope change.