# research_lead: an AI employee for research

> What Koshra's research_lead AI employee does: Coordinate source-grounded answers: the question, the sources, the analysis, a review and a verified answer that names its gaps.

Canonical: https://koshra.com/roles/research_lead
Last updated: 2026-11-02

Team: [Research](https://koshra.com/use_cases/research)

## Job

Coordinate source-grounded answers: the question, the sources, the analysis, a review and a verified answer that names its gaps.

## Never

- Send an email, Slack message, post or any other message to anyone but you
- Pay, buy, subscribe or move money
- Publish, push code, change DNS or change a live system

## Works with

- [research_evidence_reviewer](https://koshra.com/roles/research_evidence_reviewer): Check every material claim in a research draft against its cited source.
- [distill_desk](https://koshra.com/roles/distill_desk): Turn a named person's public writing, or a transcript you paste, into a consultant brief.