AI AGENTS

On-Demand Sourced Brief from Chat into Notion

Ask a question in chat and get a structured, citation-backed research brief written to a new Notion page.

CategoryAI Agents
Enginepaperclip
Difficultybeginner
Triggerchat
Steps6
Setup~5 min

How it runs

The automated pipeline, trigger to output.

  • TriggerChat message requesting a brief
  • ActionSourced web search on the topicPerplexityPerplexity
  • ActionFetch additional primary sourcesExa
  • ActionSynthesize structured brief with citationsOpenAI
  • ActionCreate Notion page with the briefNotionNotion
  • OutputReply in chat with summary and page link

What it does

Turns a one-line chat request into a polished research brief with inline citations, saved as its own Notion page. You ask "brief me on the EU AI Act enforcement timeline" and get back a structured doc plus a shareable link, no manual searching or copy-paste.

When to use it

Reach for this when a teammate or exec needs a fast, sourced primer on a topic and you want the output to live somewhere durable instead of scrolling away in chat. Good for pre-meeting prep, market questions, and "can someone look into this" asks.

How it works

  1. 1A chat message starting with a brief request triggers the workflow and passes the question as the topic.
  2. 2Perplexity runs a sourced search on the topic and returns answers with reference URLs.
  3. 3Exa fetches additional high-quality primary sources to broaden coverage beyond the first pass.
  4. 4OpenAI synthesizes both result sets into a structured brief: summary, key findings, and a numbered source list.
  5. 5A new Notion page is created under the research database with the formatted brief and citations.
  6. 6The chat reply returns a one-line summary plus the Notion page link.

Set it up

What you configure once, before turning it on.

  1. 1
    Connect PerplexitySearch-grounded answers with citations.
  2. 2
    Connect ExaNeural search across the web.
  3. 3
    Connect OpenAIModels, embeddings, files.
  4. 4
    Connect NotionPages, databases, comments.
  5. 5
    Set each agent's modelWe leave models unset so you pick the tier — fast + cheap, or top-quality.
  6. 6
    Tune it to your dataEdit the prompts, filters, and field mappings so it matches how your team works.
  7. 7
    Test, then turn it onRun once against a sample, confirm the output, then enable the trigger.

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