name: skill-deepresearch description: Perform deep research on any topic using Exa.ai for parallel semantic search and Claude/OpenAI for synthesis. Use when you need comprehensive research reports with citations, analysis of topics from multiple angles, or thorough investigation of technical subjects.

Deep Research

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

Invocation

/deepresearch <topic>

Options

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)