How to research a topic with sources you can check

Ask a research question

Good research questions have a scope: “Pros and cons of heat pumps for an old house in a cold climate” beats “heat pumps”.

What happens

Research mode plans sub-questions, searches the web, reads sources and writes a structured report with citations. It takes a minute or two.

Judge the sources

• Prefer official, academic and expert sources.
• Check dates for fast-moving topics.
• Open the links for numbers you’ll rely on.

Go deeper

Ask follow-ups in the chat, or ask for a table of the key numbers with their source.

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