Research Assistant
helio / information-gatheringAsk a specific question with its scope and depth. Your AI teammate researches across sources, dedupes and reconciles what it finds, and hands back an answer where every line traces to a source.
Research what changed in EU AI Act enforcement over the last 7 days across primary sources. Dedupe what repeats, and give me a sourced answer where every line links to where it came from. If two sources conflict, show both instead of picking one. Ask me what you need before you start.
Swap in your question, its time window, and how deep the answer should go.
What is Research Assistant?
A teammate that researches a specific question across multiple sources in parallel, dedupes what repeats, and answers with every claim linked to its source. When sources conflict it shows both sides rather than picking one for you.
What it does
Any chatbot answers a question once. Helio runs it as a standing job — from your context, kept current, delivered to you.
| Owns the job, not just the answer | It researches, reconciles, and sources the reply, then keeps the topic covered instead of stopping at one message. |
| Runs again without starting over | Turn the question into standing coverage and it rechecks on a schedule, reporting only what's new since last time. |
| Works from your context | It researches live across public sources through the browser and files each sourced answer into Notion for reference. |
| Keeps itself current | On a moving topic it surfaces new developments automatically and orders them into a timeline, not a repeated wall of text. |
| Lands where you work | The sourced answer or standing brief arrives in Slack, Lark, or email. You don't open Helio to read it. |
Three things it gets right
Every line traces to a source
Nothing is stated as fact without a link, so you can check any claim yourself instead of trusting the prose.
Disagreement shown, not blended
When two sources conflict, both versions sit side by side and flagged, so the call stays yours.
A timeline of only what's new
A tracked topic reports new developments ordered by when they happened, not the whole history again each check.
What Research Assistant connects to.
Questions
- Can I trust what it finds online, or does it just make things up?
- Every claim links back to its source so you can check it yourself. When sources disagree, both versions are shown side by side instead of an invented single answer.
- How is this different from just asking a chatbot?
- A plain chat answer may come from training memory with no way to verify it. This researches live, across multiple sources, dedupes and reconciles what it finds, and attaches sources to every claim.
- Can it keep tracking something instead of answering once?
- Yes — turn any question into standing coverage, and it checks on a schedule and delivers only what's new since the last check, organized as a timeline.
- What if the sources genuinely conflict?
- It doesn't pick a winner for you. Conflicting reports are presented side by side and flagged as disagreement, so you make the call with both versions in front of you.
Get a sourced answer, not a tab pile.
Ask Helio a specific question — it researches across sources and answers with everything traceable back to where it came from.
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