AI agents for research workflows

AI agents for research workflows

Practise working with an agent on your computer. Choose a scenario, investigate a folder and turn it into a result you can check and repeat.

Choose a scenario

All data and documents are synthetic. Experiment freely; restore the folder from the ZIP whenever you need to.

What you will practise

From a folder to a useful result

These exercises help you work with an agent on your computer: discover unfamiliar files, ask better questions, agree a plan, create something useful and check it against the evidence.

DiscoverUnderstand what is there and how it fits together.
Create and checkBuild a result, then verify the inputs and claims.
Make it repeatableDocument decisions, changes and how to do it again.

Choose one scenario for the workshop or self-study. Each has its own steps, prompts and navigation. You can return and try another later.

Three routes · one workshop

Choose a scenario

Pick one to start. Download and extract its ZIP, then follow the shared setup below.

Get ready

Open the folder in Codex

Click a step to see a screenshot.

Screenshots show the earlier practice guide and ChatGPT Work interface. Use your separate Codex setup instructions for current controls.

What’s in this folder?

Working with your own data? Keep good, up-to-date backups of all your data and know how to restore them.