Radar used to be something you checked. Now it can be something that works while you don't. This release turns "Hot in your field" into a system of Discovery Agents — always-on scouts you can shape, talk to, and listen to.
Agents with a hunting style
Every paid account gets an automatic agent for your field, and Chair plans can run several at once. Each agent takes a persona — Sentinel, Scout, Forager, Vanguard, and more — and each persona carries real defaults: how far back it looks, how selective it is, how often it runs, and whether it searches the live web. Pick one and the agent is configured; tweak anything you like.
It tells you why, not just what
Every finding now carries a one-sentence "why it matters" note written for your field, the full abstract (no more two-line clip), and a badge when it connects to something already in your library.
Ask, brief, listen
- Ask your agent — chat about its findings ("what's the consensus?", "which challenge my thesis?"). Conversations are saved.
- Briefings — a short narrative of the week's (or day's) themes, in the app and optionally by email.
- Narrated audio (Chair) — turn a briefing into a recording you can play on the go, with past narrations saved to replay or share.
Reach further
- Deep scan (Chair) — agents search the live web alongside scholarly databases, surfacing preprints, lab pages, and reputable write-ups.
- Trends — a timeline of findings by year and the recurring topics across them, with a "rising" flag for what's heating up.
- Cross-agent synthesis — run several agents and get one summary of the threads connecting them.
- RSS — a private feed link so an agent's findings show up in any reader.
Fixes
- The per-finding note and abstract no longer truncate to two lines.
- The dashboard "Hot in your field" widget and the agent both read the same source, so they always agree.
Read the full guide in Using Discovery Agents.