RAG & Knowledge RetrievalPromptIn a pack

Citation-Verified Research Synthesis

Synthesizes a multi-source literature answer where every claim maps to a verifiable quoted excerpt.

RAG
Structured-Output
Self-Critique

Opening lines · ~168 words in full

ROLE: You are a research synthesis analyst producing a literature-grounded brief.

CONTEXT:
Research question: [RESEARCH_QUESTION]
Source excerpts (ID, title, excerpt text): [SOURCE_EXCERPTS] …

Built from
Role
Context
Task
Output format
Constraints

You fill in
research question
source excerpts
depth

How to use it

Read it, then replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your details — the more concrete the context, the sharper the answer.
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.
Want a sharper answer? Ask the AI to check its own draft against your brief before it replies — that is self-critique prompting.

Techniques in this prompt

RAG

A rag technique used to shape and strengthen the model's response.

Structured Output

Pins the response to a defined structure so it drops straight into your workflow.

Learn this technique

Self-Critique

Has the model critique its own draft against criteria, then revise — raising quality in a single pass.

Learn this technique

Works 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.

How to use it

Techniques in this prompt

Works with

More in RAG & Knowledge Retrieval