> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.doe.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Research and Strategy Playbook

> Deploy agents for market maps, competitive intelligence, pricing extraction, and cited memos

Research work is valuable when it is current, sourced, structured, and easy to reuse. Doe agents can search the web, inspect sites, read files, split broad questions into focused research tracks, create tables, and save the final artifacts.

## What To Delegate

| Task                     | Agent output                                                               |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Market map               | Structured company database, segments, sources, and summary memo           |
| Competitive intelligence | Feature matrix, positioning notes, pricing, integrations, and source links |
| Pricing extraction       | Normalized plan table, limits, add-ons, enterprise signals, and citations  |
| Vendor comparison        | Evaluation table, risks, tradeoffs, security notes, and recommendation     |
| Documentation audit      | Gap list, page-level findings, examples, and rewrite recommendations       |
| Investment research      | Company profiles, funding, team, customers, and thesis notes               |

## Example Agents

**Market Map Agent**

```text theme={null}
Build a market map of 100 AI startups in procurement.
For each company, include funding, headcount, product focus, buyer, customer signals, and source links.
Return a spreadsheet and a short memo with category themes.
```

**Pricing Intelligence Agent**

```text theme={null}
Review these 30 competitor pricing pages.
Extract plan names, prices, limits, add-ons, packaging, enterprise signals, and source URLs.
Normalize the results into a comparison workbook and summarize positioning differences.
```

**Docs Audit Agent**

```text theme={null}
Review this docs site and identify where the product is undersold.
Find missing capabilities, weak examples, unclear navigation, and pages that need stronger positioning.
Return a prioritized rewrite plan with source URLs.
```

## Use Subagents For Breadth

For broad research, ask Doe to split the work:

```text theme={null}
Use subagents to research competitors in parallel.
One research track should cover pricing, one should cover positioning, one should cover integrations, and one should cover customer proof.
Synthesize into one cited memo and spreadsheet.
```

## Review Checklist

* Ask for primary sources where possible.
* Require a confidence or gaps section when research is incomplete.
* Ask Doe to separate direct evidence from inference.
* Save the spreadsheet and memo to the Library so the research can be updated later.

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    Learn how Doe researches, extracts, analyzes, and creates artifacts
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    Turn research into structured workbooks
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    Use subagents for broad research
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    Share research packs and evidence trails
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