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research-sources

Guide research methodology and source selection for content topics. Use when the user asks to "research topics", "find trending news", "scan for content ideas", "verify sources", or needs guidance on which sources to trust, how to evaluate source quality, or where to find market-specific data.

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Guide for finding, evaluating, and citing sources for blog content. All source lists are loaded from `config/project.json` → `research_sources` and `regulatory.agencies`.

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Research Sources & Methodology

Guide for finding, evaluating, and citing sources for blog content. All source lists are loaded from config/project.json → research_sources and regulatory.agencies.

Source Categories

1. Government Portals & Official Sources

Load from config/project.json → regulatory.agencies. Use for:

Policy announcements and compliance deadlines
Official program details, eligibility, and registration
Economic data and statistics
Tax and regulatory changes

2. Primary News Websites

Load from config/project.json → research_sources.front_pages and business_sections. Use for:

Trending topic discovery
Breaking policy announcements
Industry news and analysis

3. Macro-Economic & Financial Sources

Load from config/project.json → research_sources.macro_economic. Use for:

Exchange rates and monetary policy
Commodity prices affecting industries
Trade and GDP data
Investment flows and FDI

4. Industry & Market Sources (Non-Government)

Load from config/project.json → research_sources:

Platform data (platform_sources): e-commerce reports, delivery insights, professional network data
Industry associations (industry_associations): federation surveys, SME reports
Research firms (research_firms): bank SME surveys, consumer research

Research Methodology

For Government/Policy Topics (Tier 1 Content)

Scan front pages — WebSearch for recent policy announcements using keywords from config/project.json → research_sources.search_keywords
Deep-dive official sources — WebFetch government portals to extract specific program details, eligibility, deadlines, URLs
Verify statistics — Cross-reference data points across at least 2 sources
Extract key data: currency values, percentages, dates, program names, portal URLs

For Market/Industry Topics (Tier 2 Content)

Platform data research — WebSearch for e-commerce, delivery, professional platform reports
Industry association reports — WebSearch for federation surveys, SME reports
Economic indicators — WebSearch for wage data, employment stats, consumer research
Technology & tools data — WebSearch for accounting, e-commerce, job portal reports

Decision Tree

Is the topic about government policy, compliance, or official programs?
  YES → Government portals + official news → Tier 1
  NO  → Is it about market trends, platforms, or industry data?
    YES → Platform data + industry associations → Tier 2
    MIXED → Use both source categories → Choose tier by primary angle

Search Keywords

Load from config/project.json → research_sources.search_keywords:

base: core industry keywords
financing: funding and financing keywords
compliance: regulatory and compliance keywords
industry: sector-specific keywords

Always append the current year to search queries for freshness.

Source Quality Evaluation

Trusted (use confidently)

Government portals and official agency websites
Central bank publications
Established local news outlets
Verified industry associations
Domains listed in config/project.json → market.trusted_news_domains

Questionable (verify with a second source)

Blogs and personal websites
Social media posts
Press releases without corroboration
Content aggregator sites

Unreliable (do not use)

Unverified websites
International sites writing about the local market without local expertise
Information older than 12 months for policy topics
Sites without clear authorship

Freshness Requirements

Policy/compliance topics: Data must be within 4 weeks
Market trends: Data within 3 months acceptable
Evergreen guides: Data within 12 months acceptable, but verify nothing has changed
Reject any topic where the core data is stale

Citation Format

Use hybrid citation style:

First mention: full inline attribution + bracketed letter [a]
Subsequent mentions: letter only [a]
References section at end: [a] Source Name - URL

Tool Failure Handling

If WebFetch is denied for a URL:

Try WebSearch with the page title or key phrases
Look for the same data on alternative official sources
Note in output that direct source verification was limited
Never fabricate data — if a statistic cannot be verified, exclude it