Research Agents are a powerful feature in Moonlit Platform that automatically populate your Knowledge Base with relevant, up-to-date information from the web. This tool is especially useful for staying informed about specific topics or tracking competitors' content.

Deploying a Research Agent

1. Navigate to the Knowledge Base page and select the Documents tab.

2. In the Research Agents section, click the "+" button to create a new agent.

3. Configure your agent by specifying:

   • Topic keyword

   • Search types (e.g., web, news)

   • Search country

   • Search language

How Research Agents Work

• Agents run daily, performing web searches based on your specified keyword and search types.

• They analyze the top 5 results for each search.

• New ranking pages are automatically added to your Knowledge Base.

Use Case: Tracking Competitor Content

You can use Research Agents to monitor specific websites. For example, to track HubSpot's SEO content:

1. Set the topic keyword as: site:hubspot.com "content marketing"

2. Select only the "Web" search type if you don't need news results.

Monitoring Agent Activity

• Click on an agent to view its activity log and performance chart.

• The log shows recent actions taken by the agent.

• The chart visualizes how often the agent adds new documents over time.

Managing Research Agents

• Pause or unpause agents as needed.

• Adjust agent configurations at any time to refine your research focus.

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