Run scheduled AI deep research on stock watchlists
One practitioner notes that in a comment, the person said they wanted daily and weekly cron jobs to trigger a script that runs AI deep research across their watchlists, plus a few tools to pull quick baseline information on any stock. They were buying “skills” from a Substack and planned to adapt them for local AI on a MacBook, but described the setup as still a work in progress rather than a finished system. They did not report results, performance numbers, or a completed workflow.
- Agent or tool
- Custom agent
- Topic
- Research & Data
- Reported on
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Research is mostly gathering, cleaning and comparing. Handing that groundwork to an agent leaves the person with the part that needs judgment: deciding what the findings mean. It is one of 67 sightings filed under Research & Data on Agent Sightings (number 9 by interest), and one of 182 involving Custom agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into your own agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Research brief: run scheduled AI deep research on stock watchlists. Prefer primary sources, include links and confidence notes, and do not contact anyone.
Tip: Start small: run it once on a low-stakes example, read what the agent did, and only then let it run on real work.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ValueInvesting/comments/1vi4mcl/anyone_started_using_a…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.