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.mdRequirements
EXA_API_KEY- Required for searchANTHROPIC_API_KEY- Required for Claude synthesisOPENAI_API_KEY- Required for OpenAI synthesisFIRECRAWL_API_KEY- Optional for deep scraping
Output
Reports are saved to ~/.skills/skill-deepresearch/exports/ with format:
report-{topic-slug}-{timestamp}.md- Full research reportsources-{topic-slug}-{timestamp}.json- Raw sources (if --json)