Research briefs

Three researchers out, one brief back.

Hand each agent its own pile: the codebase, the docs, the web through Claude in Chrome. They all read at once and report to one lead session, which writes the brief and notes which helper found each claim.

Free and open sourceRuns on Mac and LinuxYour own Claude and Codex logins
Overvibe's My messages view, searched for agy: every message you sent to any session, with the session it went to
My messages keeps everything you typed into any session, searchable. Here: every brief that mentioned agy.

A lone agent doing research reads one source at a time

One session goes through the sources in order, and its context fills with raw notes well before it gets to the writing. When it finally does, the early findings have become a summary of a summary.

One agent on its own
  • Sources read one after another
  • Raw notes crowd out the writing
  • No record of which source said what
  • Starting over means reading it all again
Agents side by side in Overvibe
  • Each helper reads its own sources in parallel
  • Helpers send back short findings and keep the rest
  • Each finding arrives tagged with the session that sent it
  • A stopped helper keeps its conversation for follow-ups

Read in parallel, write once

  1. 1Split the question

    Tell the lead what you need to find out and which sources count.

  2. 2Helpers fan out

    One per source, each in its own terminal and attached to the lead.

  3. 3Findings come back

    A short report with sources from each helper, one message each.

  4. 4The lead writes it up

    A single brief built from those reports, with the open questions at the end.

Behind it, one helper per source. With --chrome, a Claude helper gets Claude in Chrome for web sources. Read the CLI reference

$ overvibe new --attach --chrome --cwd . --name "research: web" \
    --prompt "Find how the three biggest competitors price their API. Cite each page. When done, run: overvibe send \"$OVERVIBE_SESSION\" \"<findings>\""
$ overvibe new --attach --tool codex --cwd . --name "research: code" \
    --prompt "List every place our API counts usage. When done, run: overvibe send \"$OVERVIBE_SESSION\" \"<findings>\""

Questions

Can a helper browse the web?

A Claude Code helper started with --chrome can drive Claude in Chrome. Codex and agy bring their own tools.

I have a follow-up question a day later. Now what?

Run overvibe resume on the helper. It comes back with its conversation, so it picks up where it stopped.

Does this only work on code?

No. Point the agents at a folder of PDFs, notes or exports and each one reads what's in its folder.

Other ways to pair agents up

Split up your next research question

Install Overvibe, start a lead session, and let it send helpers out to the sources.

The Overvibe app: a coordinator with its Codex and Gemini (agy) helpers in the sidebar, each with its status, and one session waiting on you