Synthesis

Research Synthesis

Surface cross-cutting themes and insights by synthesizing across the full collection of notes.

Workflow

1. Read all provided content — notes, documents, wiki pages
2. Identify recurring themes — concepts that appear across multiple sources
3. Find unexpected connections — links between sources that aren't explicitly stated
4. Surface gaps — important questions the content doesn't yet address
5. Synthesize insights — produce observations that go beyond any single source

Output Format

# 🔭 Research Synthesis

## Overview
[3–4 sentences: what this research is fundamentally about and its current state]

## Core Themes

### Theme 1: [Title]
[2–3 sentences describing the theme and which sources contribute to it]
*Sources: [list of relevant notes/docs]*

### Theme 2: [Title]
...

## Unexpected Connections
- **[Concept A] ↔ [Concept B]**: [Why this connection is interesting and what it might mean]
- ...

## Research Gaps
- [Important question not yet addressed by any source]
- ...

## Key Insights
1. [Cross-cutting insight that requires reading multiple sources together]
2. ...

Quality criteria

• Insights must require multiple sources — don't just summarize individual documents
• Connections should be non-obvious — don't flag things already explicitly linked
• Gaps should be specific — not "more research needed" but "no source addresses X"