Research AI prompt templates
Free AI research prompt templates for comparing options, synthesising sources, challenging an argument, and answering questions from a document.
Choose a prompt by the job it needs to do.
Research prompts should separate evidence from inference and uncertainty. These templates ask the model to show its reasoning boundaries instead of smoothing gaps into certainty.
Provide the source material whenever possible and require traceable references back to it. Use the output to organise evidence, not as a substitute for checking the evidence.
- Compare options against criteria
- Synthesize several sources
- Stress-test a proposal
- Question one document precisely
4 free templates
Every page includes the full prompt, variable guidance, and a filled-in example.
Compare two options
Run a balanced, criteria-driven comparison of two options and get a clear recommendation tied to what matters most for your situation.
Devil's advocate critique
Stress-test an idea, plan, or claim by surfacing its strongest counterarguments, hidden assumptions, and failure modes before you commit.
Source and literature synthesis
Turn a pile of sources into a structured synthesis: shared findings, disagreements, gaps, and what you can actually conclude.
Structured Q&A from a document
Ask a set of questions against a single document and get grounded, quote-backed answers that never stray beyond what the text actually says.