Deep Research

Conduct multi-source research with synthesized reports and citations. Searches the web, reads full content from key sources, and produces structured reports....

Security Scan

The skill's instructions, requirements, and behavior are consistent with its stated purpose (conducting multi-source research); it requests no credentials, has no install steps, and only calls standard web search/fetch tools described in the SKILL.md.

Purpose & Capability

Name and description match the runtime instructions: plan sub-questions, run web_search across many sources, deep-read key URLs with web_fetch, and synthesize reports. There are no unrelated binaries, credentials, or config paths requested.

Instruction Scope

Instructions stay within research scope (search, fetch, read, synthesize). They explicitly call web_search and web_fetch (network calls) and recommend saving long reports to a file; the SKILL.md does not instruct reading local system files or accessing secrets. Caveat: actual behavior depends on the agent's implementation of web_search/web_fetch (which perform network access and may have their own permissions/endpoints).

Install Mechanism

No install spec and no code files — instruction-only skill. This minimizes disk-write/installation risk.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are required. The skill's needs are minimal and proportional to a web-research task.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill is user-invocable; it does not request permanent or elevated presence. It does not modify other skills or system-wide settings.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent and low-risk: it only describes web search/fetch and synthesis and asks for no secrets or installs. Before enabling, confirm the agent tools it calls (web_search, web_fetch) are trustworthy and configured to respect privacy (they will make network requests). If you plan to save long reports, verify where files will be written and whether those files may contain sensitive personal data. Finally, be mindful when requesting investigations that involve personal or sensitive information — the skill will gather public web sources, which may include PII or legally sensitive material.

Produce thorough, cited research reports from multiple web sources using search and fetch tools.

When to Activate

• User asks to research any topic in depth
• Competitive analysis, technology evaluation, or market sizing
• Due diligence on companies, investors, or technologies
• User says "research", "deep dive", "investigate", or "what's the current state of"

Quick Start

1. Clarify goal — "learning, decision, or writing?"
2. Plan 3-5 research sub-questions
3. Execute multi-source search using web_search (15-30 sources total)
4. Deep-read 3-5 key sources with web_fetch
5. Synthesize findings into structured report with citations

Key Concepts

• Multi-source synthesis — Combine data from academic, official, reputable news sources
• Citation discipline — Every claim must have a source; cross-reference critical facts
• Recency focus — Prefer sources from the last 12 months
• Separate fact from inference — Label estimates, projections, and opinions clearly
• Acknowledge gaps — Say "insufficient data found" rather than hallucinate

Common Usage

Most frequent patterns:

• Competitive landscapes and market sizing
• Technology evaluations ("Rust vs Go")
• Business strategy research ("bootstrapping SaaS")
• Current events and trends
• Due diligence on companies or products

References

• references/workflow.md — Detailed 6-step workflow with report template
• references/examples.md — Example research queries and output formats