Gatsbi Deep Research Tutorial: Instructions, Sources and Draft Review

Deep Research in Gatsbi Writer starts from research instructions and uses literature and web sources to prepare a narrative for review. This tutorial explains the stages and the checks to make at each one. Treat proposed questions, methods and conclusions as drafts that need to be matched to the task and supporting sources.

The video below shows the workflow introduced in Gatsbi 3.0. Check the controls available in your current version as you follow the steps.

How It Works

Step 1: Provide Instructions

You start by entering your research instructions, for example:

“Analyze how UK SME support policies influence firm innovation performance.”

State the topic, intended use, scope and preferred output. Include important limits such as the population, period, language or types of evidence you need.

Step 2: Automatic Research Question Formulation

Gatsbi interprets your instructions and proposes a research framing by:

• Outlining the research scope
• Suggesting more explicit research questions
• Identifying research dimensions to consider

Review the proposed question before continuing. Check whether it is answerable with the available evidence and whether it still matches your original purpose.

Step 3: Methodology Proposal

Based on the research context, Gatsbi may propose methodologies such as:

• Policy and institutional analysis
• Qualitative or conceptual synthesis
• Comparative or framework-based analysis

Treat suggested methods as proposals. Assess their suitability for the question, available data and disciplinary standards before adopting them.

Step 4: Web-Based Deep Research

Gatsbi then conducts web-search-driven deep research, including:

• Searching academic literature and policy sources
• Collecting relevant evidence from the web
• Filtering and organizing materials by relevance
• Aligning evidence with research questions

Inspect the returned sources and their coverage. This search assistance does not establish an exhaustive or reproducible systematic-review search. Record important access and coverage limits, and open the sources supporting central claims.

Step 5: Evidence Synthesis and Conclusion Derivation

Gatsbi then prepares draft synthesis outputs that may:

• Organize the collected material into draft visuals and narratives
• Propose arguments connecting the material to the research question
• Identify possible patterns, tensions and implications
• Suggest conclusions for review against the sources

Check whether the draft distinguishes reported findings from interpretation. Verify citations and narrow claims that extend beyond the source population, outcome or design. Preserve contrary evidence and unresolved questions when revising the narrative.

Why This Matters

Starting from instructions can help you explore a question before you have assembled a collection of research materials.

In the workflow shown here, you can:

• Begin with instructions that describe the intended research task
• Use Gatsbi to explore literature and web sources
• Review the evidence and revise the interpretation, structure and wording

Use the narrative as a starting point for a checked review of the literature. The literature-review tool guide shows how to retain a search log, check source support and build a thematic matrix before drafting the manuscript.