deep-research

# Deep Research Produce thorough, cited research reports from multiple web sources using firecrawl and exa MCP 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 - Any question requiring synthesis from multiple sources - User says "research", "deep dive", "investigate", or "what's the current state of" ## MCP Requirements At least one of: - **firecrawl** — `firecrawl_search`, `firecrawl_scrape`, `firecrawl_crawl` - **exa** — `web_search_exa`, `web_search_advanced_exa`, `crawling_exa` Both together give the best coverage. Configure in `~/.claude.json` or `~/.codex/config.toml`. ## Workflow ### Step 1: Understand the Goal Ask 1-2 quick clarifying questions: - "What's your goal — learning, making a decision, or writing something?" - "Any specific angle or depth you want?" If the user says "just research it" — skip ahead with reasonable defaults. ### Step 2: Plan the Research Break the topic into 3-5 research sub-questions. Example: - Topic: "Impact of AI on healthcare" - What are the main AI applications in healthcare today? - What clinical outcomes have been measured? - What are the regulatory challenges? - What companies are leading this space? - What's the market size and growth trajectory? ### Step 3: Execute Multi-Source Search For EACH sub-question, search using available MCP tools: **With firecrawl:** ``` fire...