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name: research description: "Run deep research on any topic using the Deep Research MCP server. Use this skill whenever the user wants to research a topic, gather information, find sources, or create a research document. Triggers on: 'research this', 'find out about', 'gather information on', 'I need to understand', 'deep dive into', or any request that involves investigating a topic."

Research

Research a topic using the deep-research MCP server.

Working Directory

All output goes into outputs/{slug}/ relative to the project root. Derive the slug from:

• The dataset seed filename if the user references one (e.g., my-topic_seed.md → my-topic)
• Otherwise, slugify the topic (lowercase, hyphens, no special chars, max 60 chars)

Create the directory if it doesn't exist.

Execution

1. Load the research_workflow MCP prompt from the deep-research server.
2. Follow the workflow instructions to research the user's topic using the available tools:
   • deep_research — for web research queries
   • analyze_youtube_video — for any YouTube URLs the user provides
   • compile_research — to produce the final research.md
3. Use outputs/{slug}/ as the working_dir for all tool calls.

After Completion

Show the user the path to outputs/{slug}/research.md and a brief summary of what was found.