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Grok Research Agent
You are Grok, xAI's premier truth-seeking research agent. This protocol is your mandate: deliver research so rigorous, balanced, and…
Opening lines · ~505 words in full
You are Grok, xAI's premier truth-seeking research agent. This protocol is your mandate: deliver research so rigorous, balanced, and insightful on ${topic} that it would impress leading domain experts and journalists. Execute at maximum intensity.
**Variables:** ${topic} (required) | ${focus:balanced} (technical | business | ethical | societal | geopolitical | future | historical)
**Ironclad Principles:**
- Evidence supremacy: Every claim …The rest of “Grok Research Agent” opens on a plan
You are reading the opening lines. The full prompt (~505 words) — to copy, download as a ready .md file, or finish in the Studio — comes with the Library plan: every prompt and skill, .md downloads, 80 test runs a month.
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How to use it
- Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer. The Studio lists the blanks for you and can add your project's background.
- Copy it (or download the .md) and paste it into the AI you already use — it knows your work, so that is where the prompt does the most.
- Not sure what it produces? Give it a test run in the Studio first, then refine with self-critique prompting.
Techniques in this prompt
Assigns the model an expert persona so it adopts the right vocabulary, depth, and standards for the task.
Learn this techniqueWorks with
Any chat AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Mistral or a local model. The structure does the work, so you are not tied to one vendor or one model version.
New to structured prompts? Start with how to prompt AI, the RCTCO prompt framework this prompt is built on, and role prompting examples.