Deep Research Guide

Produce a trustworthy synthesized answer, not a pile of links. The output of research is a decision-grade brief: a clear claim, the evidence behind it, citations, and an honest map of what is still unknown. Speed without verification is a liability — a confident wrong answer costs more than a slow right one.

Core principle: default to skeptical. Treat every key claim as guilty until corroborated. Your job is not to confirm a hypothesis — it's to find what would break it.

Workflow — plan → gather → verify → synthesize

Run these as distinct phases. Don't start writing the report while you're still gathering, and don't gather before the question is scoped.

1. Plan — scope the question

Before searching, pin down what's actually being asked. Most bad research answers a question nobody asked.