ResearchStudio¶

Development line: project:researchstudio · thread researchstudio
Last event: 2026-07-07 · 1 dated since 2026-07-07 · Researched: 2026-09-05 · confidence: medium

What it is¶

ResearchStudio is an MIT-licensed Claude Code and Codex skill suite for two research stages.

• Idea: searches literature, explores directions, and checks prior-art collisions to produce an idea card.
• Reel: turns one paper PDF into a poster, narrated video, bilingual blog, and interactive reel.

Development line¶

• 2026-07-07 — ResearchStudio public project references recorded. On 2026-07-07, public references appeared for the Microsoft ResearchStudio project site and its GitHub repository. They show the project exists publicly, but confirm no release version, feature set, or launch status.

What changed¶

• 2026-07-03 — ResearchStudio-Idea released the pre-paper workflow: IdeaSpark, Paper-Search, and Scoop-Check.
• 2026-07-05 — Companion Idea and Reel papers documented the evidence-grounded ideation and shared-extraction dissemination designs.
• 2026-07-08 — ResearchStudio-Reel released the five-skill post-paper pipeline for poster, video, bilingual blog, and interactive reel outputs.
• 2026-08-13 — IdeaSpark began retaining the full query, resolving named papers, and recording whether selection followed or departed from a stated solution direction.
• 2026-08-25 — Trending Paper released as a Reels-based entry point for browsing research.
• 2026-09-03 — IdeaSpark added a warn-level Chinese word-order validator.

How to use this¶

Check the official ResearchStudio site and source repository before adopting the project as of 2026-07-07. That reference alone does not confirm any specific workflow, capability, or release.

1. Create an isolated Python environment with conda (Python 3.10+) or uv, then install from a clone with install.sh or through the interactive npx installer. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/blob/main/README.md
2. For an early research direction, invoke IdeaSpark with the problem plus any constraints, seed papers, and compute budget; use Paper-Search and Scoop-Check when those parts are needed separately. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/tree/main/ResearchStudio-Idea
3. For a finished paper, run Paper2Assets once, then use its shared bundle for Paper2Poster, Paper2Video, Paper2Blog, and Paper2Reel. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/blob/main/ResearchStudio-Reel/README.md
4. Review an interactive reel through the supplied HTTP server rather than opening its HTML file directly, because video seeking needs HTTP Range support. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/blob/main/ResearchStudio-Reel/README.md

Best practices¶

• Use the recommended capable-model floor and an isolated environment before installing the skills. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/blob/main/README.md
• Give IdeaSpark concrete constraints, seed papers, and compute limits; run the prior-art check before treating a novelty claim as actionable. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/tree/main/ResearchStudio-Idea
• Reuse one Paper2Assets bundle across poster, video, blog, and reel generation so the deliverables share the same extracted evidence. — https://microsoft.github.io/ResearchStudio/reel-page/
• Keep intermediate HTML during Reel runs and validate the final viewer through serve_reel.py. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/blob/main/ResearchStudio-Reel/README.md
• For Chinese Idea outputs, update to the version with the word-order validator and review its warnings instead of relying on a generic translation instruction. — https://github.com/microsoft/ResearchStudio/commit/2540dde4be02dc841444f4ef7d81aa73aa6cf86e

Superseded by this¶

• 2026-07-07 — Describing ResearchStudio as a same-day complete-lifecycle release is unsupported: official history places Idea on 2026-07-03 and Reel on 2026-07-08.
• 2026-08-13 — Guidance that treats a bare topic as the whole IdeaSpark brief is superseded by query preservation, named-paper resolution, and explicit solution-direction disposition.
• 2026-09-03 — “Natural Chinese, not word-for-word” as the sole control is superseded by a documented warn-level word-order validator.

Still unknown¶

• No first-party release entry identifies a distinct ResearchStudio change on 2026-07-07; without the original source text, that date can only be treated as a discovery point between the Idea and Reel releases.
• The repository does not expose a tagged-version compatibility matrix, so exact dependency and runtime reproducibility remain unverified.
• We did not independently reproduce the published benchmark claims.

Sources¶

Agent brief¶

• Subject: project:researchstudio, thread researchstudio, 1 dated events 2026-07-07 → 2026-07-07.
• Practical note: As of 2026-07-07, practitioners can consult the official ResearchStudio site and source repository before evaluating or adopting the project; this line alone does not establish any specific workflow, capability, or release.
• Confidence: medium. Dated supersedes above are the authority for what is obsolete.