Workflows
Thala workflows are automated research and content pipelines. Each workflow handles a specific type of work, from discovering academic papers to transforming reports into article series.
Quick Reference
| Workflow | What It Does | When to Use |
|---|---|---|
| Web Research | Researches topics across the internet | General research, current information |
| Literature Review | Surveys academic papers via citation networks | Scholarly research, systematic reviews |
| Book Discovery | Finds books across three thematic categories | Exploring themes through books |
| Document Processing | Converts documents to markdown with summaries | Ingesting PDFs, URLs, files |
| Report Enhancement | Improves drafts via supervision, editing, fact-check | Strengthening existing reports |
| Evening Reads | Transforms reviews into 4-part article series | Publishing research as accessible content |
| Illustrate | Adds images to markdown documents | Making articles visually engaging |
| Multi-Language | Researches across multiple languages | Topics with important non-English sources |
| Synthesis | Combines academic + web + books into one report | Comprehensive research projects |
Choosing a Workflow
Starting research from scratch?
- Broad topic, current info needed → Web Research
- Academic depth required → Literature Review
- Want book recommendations → Book Discovery
- Need everything combined → Synthesis
Have content to process?
- Raw document (PDF, URL) → Document Processing
- Draft report to improve → Report Enhancement
- Report to publish → Evening Reads
- Document needs images → Illustrate
Special requirements?
- Non-English sources matter → Multi-Language Research
Thoroughness Settings
All research workflows support consistent thoroughness tiers:
| Setting | Intended Use |
|---|---|
| Test | System testing, quick validation |
| Quick | Fast overviews, exploration |
| Standard | General use (recommended default) |
| Comprehensive | Important projects requiring depth |
| High Quality | Publication-quality work |
Higher thoroughness = more sources, deeper analysis, longer runtime.
Workflow Relationships
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SYNTHESIS │
│ (orchestrates all three research types + enhancement) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ │ │
▼ ▼ ▼
┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ Literature │ │ Web Research │ │ Book Discovery │
│ Review │ │ │ │ │
└─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
│ │ │
└────────────────────┼────────────────────┘
▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ Document │
│ Processing │
│ (shared by all) │
└─────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ENHANCEMENT │
│ Supervision → Editing → Fact-Check │
│ (can be applied to any report) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│
▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ OUTPUT GENERATION │
│ Evening Reads (articles) │ Illustrate (images) │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Common Patterns
Full research pipeline:
- Run Synthesis (or individual research workflow)
- Apply Report Enhancement if needed
- Use Evening Reads to create publishable articles
- Add images with Illustrate
Quick exploration:
- Run Web Research at “quick” thoroughness
- If promising, re-run at “standard” or escalate to Literature Review
Multi-perspective research:
- Run Multi-Language Research with web workflow
- Enhance with Report Enhancement
- Optionally add academic depth via Literature Review