// PERPLEXITY · COMET · DEEP RESEARCH
The Research Desk — the guide cover

There’s a faster way than opening 14 tabs.

Real answers with the sources attached — and how to brief it for digs that come back as finished work.

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// the problem

Research still ends in a graveyard of browser tabs.

You search it, open a dozen links, skim, cross-check, and piece the answer together in your head — every single time. A tool like this can hand you the answer, already pulled together and showing its sources, in one pass. Most people just type into it like a regular search box, so that’s the kind of result they get back.

// what you’ve tried

You tried it and it felt like Google with extra steps.

Typed a one-line question and got a one-line answer

Never touched the deeper research mode or the saved-project feature

Didn’t quite trust it, so you kept opening tabs anyway

A tool like this works differently than search — it pays you back when you ask it the way you’d brief a sharp assistant. Without the right ways to phrase a question, the deeper research mode, and a quick way to check its sources, you get thin answers and decide it can’t be trusted. The good version is right there once you know how to ask.

// what changes

Here’s what you walk away able to do.

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Send off one question and get back a finished, sourced report — even as a deck

from “Sending off a research job
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Get one solid answer with its sources instead of 14 open tabs

from “Why it’s not just search
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Ask like an analyst and get answers worth acting on

from “Asking like an analyst
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Let a browser read the page and run errands for you

from “The browser that does things
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Keep a whole research project — files, threads, and all — in one place

from “Keeping a project in one place
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Double-check any fact in two seconds before you repeat it

from “Checking your sources

You can put this off, sure — but a month from now you’ll still be doing it the slow way, wishing you’d started today.

We made this because we kept watching it not click.

Smart people — people who are genuinely good at their jobs — were paying for these tools and using maybe a tenth of what they could do. Not because they weren’t trying, but because nobody ever showed them the part that actually matters. So we sat down and wrote that part: the moves that work, the ones we’d hand a friend who asked. No filler, no hype, just the stuff we’d actually use ourselves.

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// inside the guide

Ask like you’d brief an analyst, and get answers that show their sources.

Close the tabs for good. You get the ways of asking that get real answers, the deeper research mode that hands back something you can actually use, and a simple checklist for double-checking where the facts came from.

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Ways to ask that get real answers, not ten blue links

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Deep Research briefs that come back as decks, sheets, and dashboards

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Comet: a browser that reads the page and runs errands for you

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30 research prompts + a checklist for double-checking sources

5 chapters
Why It’s Not Just SearchAsk Like an AnalystDeep ResearchSpaces & PagesComet, the Browser That Does Things
// how it works

Three steps, and you’re reading in under a minute.

1

Tell us where to send it

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It’s yours in a second

The guide downloads right away, and we’ll pop a copy in your inbox too, so you’ve always got it when you need it.

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Try one thing this week

Open it, pick one idea that fits your week, and actually use it. One small win is all it takes to see what this thing can do.

// imagination unleashed

What will you create?

A dozen real things people build with this. Pick one — you could have it working by the weekend.

01~ 30 minutes

Get a sourced market report back as a slide deck

02~ 2 minutes

Fact-check a claim before you repeat it in a meeting

03~ 15 minutes

Compare three products on price, reviews, and dealbreakers

04~ 20 minutes

Set a weekly watch on a topic that briefs itself

05~ 10 minutes

Turn a messy pile of open tabs into one comparison table

06~ an hour

Build a research project your whole team can share

07~ an evening

Get a plain-English lesson on something you’ve avoided

08~ 15 minutes

Trace a viral statistic back to who actually measured it

09~ 20 minutes

Catch up on a field’s last 90 days, every claim dated

10~ 15 minutes

Get the honest case against the thing everyone recommends

11~ an hour

Do real due diligence on a company before you sign

12~ 10 minutes

Have a browser fill out and compare across sites for you

…and that’s a fraction of it. Grab the guide and start building.

// before you ask

A few fair questions.

Am I actually going to be able to do this?

Yes. It’s written to be followed, not admired. Every step is plain, the examples are copy-paste, and a simple first-week plan means you’re never staring at a blank screen wondering what’s next.

Will it actually show me how to set it up?

That’s the whole point. It walks you through the setup step by step and assumes nothing — so you end up with the thing actually working, not just a list of features you read about.

Is it too advanced, or too basic, for me?

It meets you where you are. New to this? It starts from the ground and builds up. Already comfortable? Skip ahead to the prompts and plays — they’ll still earn their keep.

How much time is this going to take?

You can read it in an afternoon, and you’ll have something working the same week. It’s built around small wins, not a giant course you start and never finish.

Is this just hype, or does it actually work?

No fluff. It’s the real moves — the exact prompts, the steps, and the mistakes to skip — from people who use this stuff every day, not a recap of a press release.

Is it really free? What’s the catch?

Genuinely free. We ask for your first name and email so we can send it (and the next one when it’s ready). No card, no catch, and one click to unsubscribe.

Close the tabs this week.

Grab the Manual, send your next real question to the desk instead of old search, and click two sources before you repeat it. By Friday you’ll wonder how you worked any other way. Free, takes a second, yours to keep.

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An independent guide from Prometheus Consulting, for analysts, official and self-appointed. Snapshot as of June 2026; tools move fast — check against current docs. Unofficial: product names are trademarks of their respective owners, none of whom reviewed or endorsed this guide.