# Guides & field notes

Practical ways to put research to work—in your terminal, your agent, and your application.

## Guides

- [Run your first multi-source research question](/guides/first-query.md): Preview selection and cost offline, research, and inspect a shared Run from JavaScript or Laravel.
  Platform: MCP + JavaScript + Laravel + CLI. Level: Beginner. Prerequisite: One configured source.
- [Connect a coding agent to Librarium](/guides/agent-research.md): Discover sources, preview offline, and read complete research evidence before recommending code.
  Platform: MCP. Level: Beginner. Prerequisite: Coding agent with MCP support.
- [Queue and recover research in Laravel](/guides/laravel-queues.md): Store a Run before dispatch, observe it by Run ID, and recover in-progress research without duplicate submissions.
  Platform: Laravel. Level: Intermediate. Prerequisite: Configured source, shared Run store, queue worker.

## Comparisons

- [One interface instead of an API per provider](/compare/direct-provider-apis.md): One request and one Run across research sources—in your agent, JavaScript, Laravel, or terminal.
  Platform: JavaScript + Laravel. Level: Overview. Prerequisite: Familiarity with API integrations.

## Field notes

- [Building answer visibility in Agentsy Report.](/stories/agentsy-report.md): Collected answers become durable product evidence, not confidence scores.
  Platform: Laravel. Level: Field note. Prerequisite: Run and tenant ownership concepts.