Documents As Working Knowledge Agents

Give your document
a purpose.

Let it keep working. A living brief, research paper, or plan that gathers evidence and stays useful—with an agent taking care of the busy work.

You set the direction. You choose what gets updated.

A living document · illustrative example

Competitive landscape

Research brief

Keep our next
move informed.

Purpose

Understand what is changing in our market, so we can choose where to focus.

What changed

A competitor has introduced a smaller team plan. Our positioning may need a closer look.

Pricing page, reviewed for this example
Proposed updateAwaiting review

Add the new plan to the comparison and revisit our small-team recommendation.

Sources stay with the answerYou approve the changes

From a file to a working relationship

Useful today.
Still useful next week.

  1. 1

    Define its purpose

    What should this document help you understand, decide, or keep track of? Start there.

  2. 2

    Give it context

    Connect your notes, files, and public sources. Shape the sections and what a good answer looks like.

  3. 3

    Keep the work moving

    Ask the agent to research and propose updates. Set a maintenance rhythm, review the evidence, and control the budget.

A little structure helps

Start with a job in mind.

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Black Friday Vacuum

Buy the right vacuum without being vacuumed into a bad deal.

4 purposeful sections

Already know what you need?

Begin with a blank document

Less keeping up.
More moving forward.

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