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Quick answers to the questions that come up most often.
What's a topic?
A topic is something you want continuously researched — a console, a company, a sports team, a research area. You write a one-paragraph focus and pick how often the agent should run a cycle (daily / weekly / monthly).
What does the agent actually do each cycle?
It reads your topic focus + any open questions you've upvoted, runs web search, picks 1-3 things that sharpen what's already known, writes each as a finding with sources, and at the end emits 2-5 new questions or focus areas for the next cycle.
How do I steer the research?
Each topic has a 'What to research next' section. Upvote (↑) what you want chased first, downvote (↓) what to deprioritize, dismiss (✕) what's wrong. You can also add your own questions or focus areas. The agent reads these at the start of every cycle.
How fast do findings appear?
When you create a topic the first cycle fires immediately — findings usually land in 30 seconds to a couple minutes. After that, the agent runs on your schedule. Click 'Run cycle now' on a topic to fire one outside the schedule.
What if a cycle fails?
You'll see a red 'Last cycle failed' card with the agent's error. Click Retry to fire another cycle. If it keeps failing, it's likely an API rate limit or a service issue on our end — give it a few minutes and try again.
Where do my findings live?
Inside your workspace. Other members of the workspace can see them. They're not public. Download the latest briefing as a PDF from any topic page — linked findings land in an appendix with sources.
How do I invite teammates?
Profile menu → Members → enter their email. They'll get a sign-up link from Keycloak; once they register, they're automatically added to this workspace.
How do I change my password or email?
Profile menu → Account settings opens the account console where authentication lives.
Something's wrong / I have a question
Email support@heylefty.com. We read everything.