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How to get a sourced research digest on a schedule with Overtime

A research agent reads papers, docs or competitors on a schedule and reports only when something matters.

Who it is forA product, research or strategy person who needs to track a field, docs or competitors without reading every update.

The problemKeeping up with papers, documentation changes and competitor moves takes hours each week and is easy to skip.

The outcomeA research agent that runs on its own schedule, reads what you point it at, and reports with sources only when something is worth knowing.

What you need first

  • Node.js 22.19 or newer
  • npm to install the package globally
  • One coding agent signed in, such as Claude (built in, uses your Claude Code login)
  • A repo or service the agent can access, with protected paths set if needed

Steps

  1. Run npm install -g @ukanwat/overtime to install the app.
  2. Run overtime and name the agent research.
  3. Brief it: which papers, docs or competitors to read, how often, and that it should report with sources only when something is worth knowing.
  4. Check the first report it writes for sources and relevance.
  5. Adjust the brief in its AGENT.md file if the reports are too frequent or too thin.

Prompt for your agent

Using the Overtime repo at ukanwat/overtime, create a research agent that reads <list of sources> on a schedule. Expected output: one report with a source link for each item. Verify that every claim in the report links to a source the agent actually read.

Caveat. Overtime is early and the README does not say how sources are fetched, so check that each source is reachable from your setup before relying on the digest.

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