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Get up to speed on a new industry

How the industry makes money, the main players, the rules, the current changes and a glossary.

  • You start it: When you start it
  • Odyssey deep research
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What it does

The task

Write a primer on the industry industry for a person who starts work in it as role. Read at least 15 sources: trade publications, analyst summaries, annual reports of the largest companies and recent news. Explain how money flows through the industry, the main types of companies, the 10 largest players, the rules that shape it and the 5 largest changes now. Add a glossary of 20 terms and a list of 10 sources to read next. Put the primer in a new Google Doc of 2,000 words or fewer.

  • It works in Wikipedia, Google News and Google Docs, in the workspace you pick, and signs in with passwords from your Cuiar vault.
  • It runs once, when you start it.
  • It uses Odyssey, the deep-research mode of the Pro and Team plans, and keeps a citation for each fact.

What you give it

BlankWhat to giveExample
industryThe industry, as narrow as you canCommercial insurance brokerage
roleYour new roleA product manager at an insurance software company

What you get back

An example run with the example values above. Your run uses your own data.

Primer: commercial insurance brokerage (Google Doc, 1,880 words, 19 sources)

Money flow: the client pays the premium to the insurer through the broker; the broker keeps a commission of 10% to 15%, plus fees.

Types of companies: global brokers, regional brokers, wholesale brokers, managing general agents

Rules: broker licenses in each state, data protection, disclosure of commissions

Largest changes now: private equity buys small brokers, online quotes for small firms, cyber cover, climate losses, AI in underwriting

Glossary: 20 terms, from 'binder' to 'wholesale'

Read next: 3 trade magazines, 2 annual reports, 4 industry reports, 1 podcast

Run it in Cuiar

  1. 01

    Open it

    Click Use in Cuiar on this page. The side panel opens with the task in the composer.

  2. 02

    Fill in 2 blanks

    Type industry and role. Tab moves to the next blank.

  3. 03

    Run it

    Run sends it to the agent. Follow each step in the panel, and stop it at any time.

From the terminal

cuiar exec --odyssey "Write a primer on the Commercial insurance brokerage industry for a person who starts work in it as A product manager at an insurance software company. Read at least 15 sources: trade publications, analyst summaries, annual reports of the largest companies and recent news. Explain how money flows through the industry, the main types of companies, the 10 largest players, the rules that shape it and the 5 largest changes now. Add a glossary of 20 terms and a list of 10 sources to read next. Put the primer in a new Google Doc of 2,000 words or fewer."

Run it from your AI agent

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other MCP clients reach Cuiar at https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp. Add the server one time, then ask for the task in plain words, or call run_task yourself.

1. Add Cuiar to Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http cuiar https://mcp.cuiar.com/mcp

2. Ask your agent

Use the Cuiar tool run_task to run my "Get up to speed on a new industry" template with industry = Commercial insurance brokerage; role = A product manager at an insurance software company.

Setup for other agents: AI agents.

The tool call

{
  "name": "run_task",
  "arguments": {
    "task": "Write a primer on the Commercial insurance brokerage industry for a person who starts work in it as A product manager at an insurance software company. Read at least 15 sources: trade publications, analyst summaries, annual reports of the largest companies and recent news. Explain how money flows through the industry, the main types of companies, the 10 largest players, the rules that shape it and the 5 largest changes now. Add a glossary of 20 terms and a list of 10 sources to read next. Put the primer in a new Google Doc of 2,000 words or fewer.",
    "mode": "odyssey"
  }
}

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