Deep Research Skill

Purpose

This skill enables comprehensive, internet-enabled research on any topic using the OpenAI Responses API with web search (default model gpt-5.6-sol, override with --model or DEEP_RESEARCH_MODEL). o3-deep-research and o4-mini-deep-research were scheduled for shutdown on 2026-07-23 and are no longer the default. It intelligently enhances user research prompts through interactive clarifying questions, ensures research parameters are saved for reproducibility, and executes deep research with full web search capabilities.

When to Use This Skill

Trigger this skill when:

• User requests research on a specific topic
• User asks for analysis, investigation, or comprehensive information gathering
• User wants exploration of a subject with web search and reasoning
• User provides a brief research query that could be refined
• User wants to understand current state, trends, or comparisons in a field