# Research Agent: Cited Research From One Front Door > The Research Agent is an AI research agent in the Ai1 platform by MyZone AI: it answers questions about your market, your competitors and your own Google Analytics and Search Console data, picks the right research engine, cross-checks what matters and cites every source with a confidence level. Canonical page: https://myzone.ai/pages/agents/ai-research-agent Part of Ai1, by MyZone AI. Book a Research walkthrough: https://calendly.com/d/ct6h-tcy-8qf/ai1-demo?a1=Research%20Agent&utm_source=myzone.ai&utm_medium=agent-page&utm_content=ai-research-agent-final Last updated: 2026-10-05. Reviewed by the MyZone AI team. Ask any research question. Get a sourced answer, with the gaps stated. ## At a glance - **Researches:** Your market, your competitors and your own analytics - **Engine:** The lightest engine that can do the job well, or the one you name - **Your data:** Google Analytics and Search Console next to outside research - **Checks:** Cross-checks important conclusions and flags contradictions - **Answers:** A direct reply for quick questions, a shareable report for bigger ones - **What it never does:** Change your agents, tools or automations ## What the Research Agent does - **Researches your market and competitors:** Runs web and market research and competitor checks, then reports what it found with citations, a confidence level and any gaps. - **Picks the right research engine:** Chooses the lightest engine that can do the job well, from quick web search to deeper research tools. If you prefer a specific one, just say so. - **Reads your own analytics:** Pulls evidence from your Google Analytics and Search Console so outside research sits next to what your own site data shows. - **Checks before it answers:** Plans the question, looks at current sources, cross-checks important conclusions and flags anything that contradicts. - **Explains how your Ai1 agents fit together:** Ask which agent handles a job, which tools it uses or how a request flows from start to finish, and it maps it out for you. - **Sizes the answer to the question:** Quick questions get a direct reply. Bigger investigations come back as a readable report you can save and share. ## How the Research Agent differs from a general AI chatbot A general chatbot gives you an answer and leaves you to judge what it rests on. The Research Agent plans the question, reads current sources, cross-checks the conclusions that matter and cites every finding with a confidence level. It can put outside research next to your own Google Analytics and Search Console data, and when it cannot find a reliable answer it says so instead of guessing. How this differs from the Market Intelligence Analyst (https://myzone.ai/pages/agents/ai-market-intelligence-agent): the Market Intelligence Analyst runs recurring, branded briefs on competitors, customers and regulation, while the Research Agent answers any one question, including questions about your own analytics. ## How it works 1. **Ask** (Any time): Describe what you want to know, from a single competitor to a full market picture or how part of your setup works. 2. **Agree the scope** (you approve) (Before it starts): If the question is broad, it checks what you are really after before it starts, so the work stays focused. 3. **Research and verify** (Before it answers): It picks the right engine, reads current sources and cross-checks the conclusions that matter. 4. **Report** (When the work is done): You get a direct answer or a shareable report, with sources, confidence and open gaps listed. ## When to use it - **You need a quick read on a market or competitor:** It runs a cited scan and tells you how confident it is and where the evidence is thin. - **You want outside research next to your own numbers:** It pairs market findings with what your Google Analytics and Search Console data shows over the same period. - **You are planning a change and want the current picture first:** It lays out what exists today so your next request to the right agent is well informed. - **Something seems off and you are not sure who to ask:** It investigates, finds the relevant part of your setup and points you to the agent that can fix it. ## What you get - Direct, cited answers to quick questions - Market and competitor scans with confidence and gaps stated - Research that combines outside sources with your own analytics - Readable, shareable reports for bigger investigations - Plain-language maps of how your Ai1 agents and automations connect ## Example: European heat pump market brief Example with a fictional company. Names, people and figures are invented to show the agent's output. Any resemblance to a real company or person is unintended. Industry facts are real and cited with their sources. What it was asked: Is the European heat pump market's recovery after the 2024 slump durable enough to justify expanding our low-temperature, heat-pump-ready component range? Public sources only: the European heat pump sector association's statistics and guidance, the European Commission's own topic pages, and the IEA's heat pump collaboration, with every market figure cross-checked across at least two independent sources where possible. Every source URL was re-checked on 29 September 2026: each returned a live page and the figures attributed to it appear on it; EUR-Lex blocks automated fetching, so the two laws are cited by official identifier with provisions verified via the Commission and association pages. Not checked: country-level demand models, component pricing and margins, or interviews with market participants. The client and its figures are fictional; the industry figures are real and cited in the report. Run date: 29 September 2026. ### What it found - Europe's heat pump market fell about a fifth in 2024 as subsidies paused and gas prices eased, then grew roughly a tenth in 2025: a policy-driven pause, not a lost decade. - European law has ended subsidies for stand-alone fossil-fuel boilers since 2025 and starts phasing them out, while refrigerant rules from 2027 push new heat pumps toward natural refrigerants like propane. - Running costs, not technology, decide adoption: heat pumps deliver three to five units of heat per unit of electricity, but once equipment and installation costs are counted they tend to win only where power costs less than about twice as much as gas. ### Sources - [Heat pump sales drop 21% in 2024, leading to thousands of European job losses](https://ehpa.org/news-and-resources/press-releases/heat-pump-sales-drop-21-in-2024-leading-to-thousands-of-european-job-losses), European Heat Pump Association (press release, 19 Feb 2025) (accessed 2026-09-29) - [Heat pump sales up 9% in 2025 so far](https://ehpa.org/news-and-resources/market-data/heat-pump-sales-up-9-in-2025-so-far/), European Heat Pump Association (17 Oct 2025) (accessed 2026-09-29) - [Pump it up: why heat pump sales rose in 2025](https://ehpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/20260325_Pump-it-up-why-heat-pump-sales-rose-in-2025_EHPA.pdf), European Heat Pump Association (March 2026) (accessed 2026-09-29) - [Energy performance of buildings (EPBD): topic page](https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficient-buildings/energy-performance-buildings-directive_en), European Commission (DG ENER) (accessed 2026-09-29) - [EU rules on fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gas legislation)](https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/fluorinated-greenhouse-gases/f-gas-legislation_en), European Commission (DG CLIMA) (accessed 2026-09-29) - [F-gas regulation guidelines (reproducing Annex VII and the prohibition tables)](https://ehpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/F-Gas-regulation-guidelines_European-Heat-Pump-Association_November-2024.pdf), European Heat Pump Association (Nov 2024) (accessed 2026-09-29) - [Electricity-to-Gas Price Ratio and Heat Pump Uptake](https://heatpumpingtechnologies.org/electricity-to-gas-price-ratio-and-heat-pump-uptake), IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies (31 Mar 2026) (accessed 2026-09-29) - [How's the electricity to gas price looking?](https://ehpa.org/news-and-resources/news/hows-the-electricity-to-gas-price-looking), European Heat Pump Association (18 Nov 2025) (accessed 2026-09-29) ## Guardrails - It researches and explains. It never changes your agents, tools or automations itself. - Every finding is cited, and when it cannot find a reliable answer it says so instead of guessing. - It avoids paid research runs across several providers unless you approve the spend. - It hands strategic calls to the Leadership Strategist rather than making them for you. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is an AI research agent? An AI research agent is an AI agent that plans a research question, reads current sources and reports back with citations. The Research Agent in Ai1 by MyZone AI covers web and market research, competitor checks and your own Google Analytics and Search Console data, as well as questions about how your Ai1 agents work. It researches and explains, and never changes your setup or makes decisions. If your question leads to a change or a strategic call, it tells you which agent to ask. ### When do you need deep research instead of a quick search? When the question is broad or the answer matters. The Research Agent picks the lightest engine that can answer well: quick web search for simple questions, deeper research tools for bigger investigations, which come back as a readable report. You do not have to choose a provider, but if you name one, it uses that where your access rules allow. Paid research runs across several providers only happen if you approve the spend. ### Why should AI research cite its sources? So you can see what an answer rests on before you act on it. The Research Agent names where every finding came from, states its confidence level and flags contradictions and evidence gaps plainly, instead of papering over them with a confident guess. ### How accurate is the Research Agent, and what if it finds no reliable answer? It checks current sources before answering, cross-checks important conclusions and cites where every finding came from, along with its confidence level. If it cannot find a reliable answer, it tells you. It flags the gap and states its confidence instead of giving you an assumption dressed up as a fact. ## More on this topic - [Deep Research & Intelligence: The Intelligence Gap That's Costing Small Businesses Everything](https://myzone.ai/pages/blog/ai-deep-research-intelligence): The intelligence gap is costing small businesses everything. See how AI-powered deep research levels the playing field against larger competitors. - [The last wake-up call: four AI research reports on Claude Mythos and what it means for your business](https://myzone.ai/pages/blog/claude-mythos-last-wake-up-call): Three AI deep research agents analyzed Claude Mythos and Project Glasswing. Their findings converge on one message: SMBs must act now or get left behind. ## About Ai1 Ai1 is the AI operations platform by MyZone AI, where each client runs on its own private server. The Research Agent is not sold on its own: every Ai1 agent, including this one, is included on Developer Pro and every Fully Managed option, with no per-agent charge. Developer Core includes the development agents. Pricing: https://myzone.ai/pages/services/ai1-pricing. Security: https://myzone.ai/pages/security.