Introducing Planner: A New Way to Guide Your Research

Planner is a new feature that gives teams full control over how research is conducted in Amass. Rather than going directly from a question to an answer, Planner creates an intermediate step: a structured research plan that teams can review, edit, and refine before any output is generated.

What Planner Does

When a team starts a new plan by describing a goal or question, the system generates a research strategy broken down into clear sections and topics. Each topic includes a description, specific questions to address, and suggested data sources. The layout is optimized for overview and collaboration, similar to templates but with more flexibility.

How It Works

The Planner interface has two main areas:

• Instructor Chat. Located on the left side, this allows teams to send natural language instructions to modify the plan. Add a section, emphasize a topic, include a conclusion with key takeaways. The system updates the plan accordingly and suggests next steps for expanding or refining the research.
• Plan Panel. On the right side, the detailed plan itself. It comes pre-filled with suggestions organized into sections and topics. Teams can expand sections and manually edit parameters such as titles, questions, and data sources for granular control over the research direction.

Version Control and Outputs

As teams make changes or run the plan, Planner tracks progress across versions. Teams can view the current output, review the data sources and context used, and go back to previous versions. Adding a new section after reviewing initial output generates a new version, making it straightforward to iterate and improve the research without losing earlier work.

Getting Started

Planner is available now in beta. A full release with additional enhancements is coming soon. To try it, open Amass and start a new plan from the workspace. For questions or feedback, reach out to us at support@amass.tech.