PolyBrain Example Run

Objective

"Create a market brief on Apple with three bullets on revenue trends and two competitors."

Orchestrator Output (JSON)

{
  "tasks": [
    {"id": "t1", "role": "researcher", "goal": "Research Apple's revenue trends", ...},
    {"id": "t2", "role": "researcher", "goal": "Identify Apple's top competitors", ...},
    {"id": "t3", "role": "synthesizer", "goal": "Combine into market brief", ...},
    {"id": "t4", "role": "verifier", "goal": "Verify all claims", ...}
  ]
}

Parallel Phase: Researchers

t1 (Researcher) — Revenue data with citations:

• Used web_search and web_extract
• Found FY2023-FY2025 data with URLs from Macrotrends, Apple Newsroom, SEC filings
• Returned specific figures: $383.3B → $391.0B → $416.2B

t2 (Researcher) — Competitor profiles with citations:

• Used web_search and web_extract
• Identified Samsung (smartphones) and Microsoft (cloud/AI)
• Each competitor profile included revenue data and competitive dynamics

Sequential Phase

t3 (Synthesizer) — Final brief:

• Merged revenue trends + competitor profiles
• Preserved inline citations from researcher outputs
• Dropped any uncited claims

t4 (Verifier) — Source verification:

• Checked each claim against cited sources
• Flagged one Azure revenue mismatch (PASS on other claims)
• Provided corrected bullet using cited evidence

Artifacts Created

.hermes/plans/polybrain/20260528_191548/
├── orchestrator.json
├── orchestrator_raw_0.txt
├── task_t1.md  (revenue research)
├── task_t2.md  (competitor research)
├── task_t3.md  (synthesis)
├── task_t4.md  (verification)
├── synthesis.md
└── verification.md

Key Observations

• Total runtime: ~4 minutes (parallel phase ~2min, synthesis ~30s, verification ~2min)
• All researchers used web tools and cited sources
• Synthesizer preserved citations and dropped uncited claims
• Verifier caught a real data discrepancy