deep-research
Runs a deep, survey-grade literature investigation on a research topic: freezes research questions, searches from multiple adversarial perspectives, verifies every citation, synthesizes evidence into a MECE taxonomy with in-sentence cross-comparison, and answers the research questions in an evidence…
Install / Use
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill deep-researchInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Education & ResearchSupported Platforms
Our assessment of deep-research
deep-research scores 87/100 on our quality scale, 74th of 152 Education & Research skills we index (top 49%).
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 7,505 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 21 days ago, so deep-research is actively maintained.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 88/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
deep-research compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than deep-research; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| deep-research (this skill)by HKUSTDial | 87 | 7.5k | 21d ago | SKILL.md |
| last30days-skillby mvanhorn | 100 | 62.9k | 3d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 4d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 4d ago | SKILL.md |
| designby nextlevelbuilder | 100 | 130.2k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install deep-research?
- Run
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill deep-research. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does deep-research work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is deep-research safe to use?
- It declares no license and scores 88/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is deep-research still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 21 days ago, so deep-research is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.