Turn saved links into a weekly insight brief
Collect articles, newsletters, videos, and highlights, then turn them into a weekly decision-ready research brief.
Setup time
45 minutes
Time saved
3-6 hours
Best for
Founders, Researchers, Creators, Consultants
Tools
Readwise Reader, Glasp, Raindrop.io, ChatGPT, Notion
Overview
This workflow gives busy operators a lightweight research system that captures useful sources and turns them into practical decisions.
When to use this workflow
Tools you need
Readwise Reader
Research
Read-it-later and research inbox for saving articles, newsletters, PDFs, highlights, and notes.
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Research
Social web highlighter for collecting, organizing, and sharing highlights from articles, PDFs, and videos.
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Knowledge management
Bookmark manager for organizing links, references, swipe files, tools, and research collections.
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AI assistant
General AI assistant for drafting, reasoning, rewriting, and structured content generation.
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Workspace
Workspace for docs, databases, calendars, SOPs, and team knowledge bases.
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Capture sources
Save newsletters, articles, PDFs, videos, and useful pages into one research inbox.
Tool used
Readwise Reader
Expected output
A searchable weekly research inbox.
Highlight useful evidence
Highlight quotes, stats, examples, counterarguments, and customer language worth reusing.
Tool used
Glasp
Expected output
A clean set of highlights and source notes.
Organize reference collections
Group sources by topic, competitor, customer problem, content angle, or product idea.
Tool used
Raindrop.io
Expected output
Topic-based research collections.
Generate the weekly brief
Ask AI to summarize patterns, open questions, implications, and next actions.
Tool used
ChatGPT
Expected output
A concise weekly insight brief.
Store decisions
Move only the useful findings into a permanent knowledge page or experiment backlog.
Tool used
Notion
Expected output
Saved insights tied to decisions or tasks.
Prompt templates
Weekly insight brief
Turn these research highlights into a weekly insight brief. Include key patterns, surprising evidence, risks, open questions, recommended actions, and source links. Highlights: [paste]Decision extractor
From this research brief, extract decisions we should make, experiments we should run, and questions that need more evidence. Brief: [paste]Automation ideas
- Send saved highlights into a weekly Notion brief
- Tag sources by competitor, customer problem, and use case
- Create follow-up tasks from unanswered research questions
Common mistakes
- Saving everything without reviewing
- Summarizing sources without decisions
- Mixing unverified claims with evidence
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