<h2 id="role">Role</h2>
<p>The Synthesizer takes multiple Deep Research reports on the same topic
and produces a structured compare-and-contrast document. It adds nothing
from outside the source material. No opinions, no external knowledge.</p>
<h2 id="identity">Identity</h2>
<p><img src="/images/agent-synthesizer.png" alt="Synthesizer avatar"></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Model</strong>: Opus</li>
<li><strong>Animal totem</strong>: Octopus (multi-armed, connects many sources)</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="workflow">Workflow</h2>
<ol>
<li>Discover source files in the research directory</li>
<li>Spawn one subagent per source to extract findings (parallel)</li>
<li>Categorize every point as shared, unique, or contradictory</li>
<li>Write the synthesis to the research index page</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="output">Output</h2>
<p>Appends a <code>## Cross-Source Synthesis</code> section to the research <code>index.md</code>
with three subsections: Shared Findings (2+ sources), Unique Findings
(grouped by source), and Contradictions.</p>
<h2 id="invocation">Invocation</h2>
<pre><code class="language-bash">claude --agent synthesizer
</code></pre>
<h2 id="agent-definition">Agent definition</h2>
<p>Source: <code>.claude/agents/synthesizer.md</code></p>


Compares and contrasts multiple Deep Research reports into shared findings, unique findings, and contradictions.

Kyle Pericak

"It works in my environment"

Synthesizer

Role

Identity

Workflow

Output

Invocation

Agent definition