# deep-research

A Claude plugin that runs research through nine phases and demands at least three independent sources per thesis. Built for questions where a wrong answer costs more than the tokens.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 28733
- Author: Alireza Rezvani
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/research/deep-research
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/deep-research

## What it does

\`deep-research` sits at the heavyweight end of the research domain. The fast `research` router classifies a query by keyword and hands back a short brief; this one charges for rigor instead — falsifiable hypotheses, parallel sub-agent fan-out, source triangulation, and a mandatory adversarial pass.

The pipeline has nine phases. It starts by fixing the underlying decision and stating two to four falsifiable hypotheses, then picks a report genre and writes `plan.md` with scope, sourcing strategy, opposition queries and stop-criteria. From there it audits available API keys and channels, fans out sub-agents to fetch and dedup sources, scores each on credibility, recency and bias, synthesizes with four self-critique questions, runs a lightweight citation check, and emits `refresh_targets.md` for delta updates. Every source lands in its own file under `sources/NN.md` with verbatim quotes.

A thesis backed by fewer than three independent, differently-typed sources is labelled insufficient evidence rather than fact. Empty fetch means empty claim, so fabricated citations do not happen. The adversarial pass is required on medium and deep investigations. What you get is a reusable folder, not a wall of chat. For quick fact-checks, 12-dimension competitor scoring or low-risk overviews this is overkill.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install deep-research@claude-code-skills
```

## When to use it
- stress-test a strategic hypothesis before committing budget
- compare several options and see which one survives the evidence
- map a field with quotes you can go back and verify
- steel-man the counter-arguments before publishing a claim
- refresh an earlier report by deltas instead of starting over

## Example prompts
- /cs-deep-research test the hypothesis that this stack pays for itself within a year
- Run a deep investigation comparing three architecture options and flag where evidence is thin
- Build a market report with a quote per source and a list of refresh targets

## Source text · deep-research · MIT

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# deep-research — Disciplined Meta-Research

> The heavyweight end of the research domain: an auditable, reusable, triangulated investigation — for when a wrong answer costs more than the tokens spent getting it right.

`deep-research` is the rigor-first alternative to the fast [`research` router](../research/). Where the router does keyword-classify → delegate → short brief for low-decision-risk questions, `deep-research` pays for rigor: falsifiable hypotheses, parallel sub-agent fan-out, source triangulation, a mandatory adversarial pass, and per-source files with verbatim quotes.

## The 9-phase pipeline

| # | Phase | What it does |
|---|-------|--------------|
| 1 | Reframe | Fix the underlying decision; state 2-4 falsifiable hypotheses |
| 2 | Genre & blocks | Pick report genre + building blocks |
| 3 | Plan | `plan.md`: scope, sourcing strategy, opposition queries, risk register, stop-criteria |
| 3.5 | Capability discovery | Audit available API keys/channels; map subtopics to sources |
| 4 | Search (parallel) | Fan out sub-agents → fetch & dedup → save each to `sources/NN.md` |
| 5 | Score & triangulate | Rate Credibility/Recency/Bias; require >=3 independent, differently-typed sources per thesis |
| 6 | Synthesize + adversarial | Assemble from blocks; 4 self-critique questions; steel-man counter-arguments |
| 6.5 | Verify | Lightweight citation check |
| 7 | Refresh targets | Emit `refresh_targets.md` for delta-updates |

## Core discipline

- **No fabricated citations** — empty fetch = empty claim; every assertion binds to a saved verbatim quote.
- **Triangulation mandatory** — a thesis with < 3 independent, differently-typed sources is "insufficient evidence," not fact.
- **Adversarial pass required** on medium/deep investigations.
- **Persist to files** — output is a reusable folder, not a chat wall.

## Use / don't use

**Use for:** strategy, comparing N options, hypothesis validation, mapping a field.
**Not for:** quick fact-checks (answer directly), 12-dimension competitor scoring (`competitive-teardown`), or fast low-risk overviews (the research router).

## What's in the box

- **Skill:** [`skills/deep-research/SKILL.md`](skills/deep-research/SKILL.md)
- **Agent:** [`agents/cs-deep-research.md`](agents/cs-deep-research.md)
- **Command:** [`commands/cs-deep-research.md`](commands/cs-deep-research.md) — `/cs-deep-research`
- **Reference:** [`skills/deep-research/references/full-catalog.md`](skills/deep-research/references/full-catalog.md) — pointer to the upstream source catalog

## Attribution

Methodology contributed by [@Socialpranker](https://github.com/Socialpranker) (PR #851). The continuously-maintained source catalog (29 channels, 460+ statistical sources, 39 validated APIs, 103 report blocks) lives upstream at [claude-deep-research](https://github.com/Socialpranker/claude-deep-research); the methodology here is self-contained. MIT.
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© Alireza Rezvani · MIT · https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/research/deep-research

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