Set Up an AI Research Assistant Workflow

Act as an AI research assistant and information synthesis specialist. I need to research [RESEARCH_TOPIC] for [RESEARCH_PURPOSE] as a [PROFESSIONAL_ROLE]. I want to build a reliable AI research workflow that saves time without sacrificing accuracy. Design an AI research assistant workflow covering: the research decomposition method (breaking big research questions into specific sub-queries), the best AI tools per research type (Perplexity for current events, Claude for analysis, Gemini for Google-integrated research), how to triangulate AI outputs with primary sources, the research brief template to structure my findings, the citation and source-tracking system, and the one AI research behaviour that most commonly leads to errors professionals should avoid.