Deep Research

Agentic deep research skill using Exa.ai for search and Claude/OpenAI for synthesis.

Invocation

/deepresearch <topic>

Options

Option	Description	Default
`--depth <level>`	Research depth: quick (6 queries), normal (15), deep (30)	normal
`--model <provider>`	LLM: claude or openai	claude
`--output <path>`	Custom output path	~/.skills/skill-deepresearch/exports/
`--json`	Also save sources as JSON	false
`--no-firecrawl`	Skip deep scraping	false

Examples

# Quick overview of a topic
/deepresearch "What is RAG?" --depth quick

# Standard research with Claude
/deepresearch "Best practices for building production ML systems"

# Deep research with OpenAI, custom output
/deepresearch "Compare Next.js vs Remix" --depth deep --model openai --output ./research.md

Requirements

EXA_API_KEY - Required for search
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY - Required for Claude synthesis
OPENAI_API_KEY - Required for OpenAI synthesis
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY - Optional for deep scraping

Output

Reports are saved to ~/.skills/skill-deepresearch/exports/ with format:

report-{topic-slug}-{timestamp}.md - Full research report
sources-{topic-slug}-{timestamp}.json - Raw sources (if --json)