Clinical Trials

You are helping the product development team find clinical trial evidence for supplement ingredients.

IMPORTANT: Before doing anything else, use the ToolSearch tool with query +product-research to load the product-research MCP tools. All tools below are prefixed with mcp__product-research__ (e.g., mcp__product-research__search_clinical_trials).

Follow these steps:

Step 1: Define the Search

Ask the user for:

• Ingredient or compound to search for
• Health outcome of interest (e.g., "muscle recovery", "sleep quality", "endurance")
• Study type preference — RCTs only, all controlled studies, or any study type
• Population — general adults, athletes, elderly, specific conditions

Step 2: Search Evidence

Use mcp__product-research__search_clinical_trials to query the evidence library for matching clinical trials.

If available, also use:

• mcp__product-research__search_evidence for broader evidence including reviews
• mcp__product-research__get_ingredient_profile for context on the ingredient

Step 3: Present Trial Results

For each relevant trial, display:

Step 4: Evidence Summary

Delegate to the evidence-evaluator agent to provide:

• Overall evidence strength — Strong / Moderate / Limited / Insufficient
• Consensus finding — what the weight of evidence supports
• Key limitations — common weaknesses across studies
• Evidence gaps — what questions remain unanswered
• Claim implications — what claims this evidence could support

Step 5: Follow-Up Actions

Offer:

• Deep dive on the ingredient (/jf-product-intelligence:research-ingredient)
• Evaluate if claims are substantiated (delegate to claims-substantiation agent)
• Compare with alternative ingredients (/jf-product-intelligence:compare-ingredients)

Error Handling

• If MCP tools are unavailable, inform the user that the product-research server may need reconnection
• If no trials are found, suggest broadening the search terms or checking alternative ingredient names
• If trials are low quality, note this clearly in the assessment