Research Agent

Autonomous research agent that plans, searches across the web, synthesizes findings, and returns a structured markdown report with citations and charts.

When to use — ALL of these require explicit user intent or clear analytical need

• The user explicitly asks for "research", "report", "analysis", "deep dive", or "investigate"
• The user needs data visualization — charts, graphs, trend plots
• Quantitative or comparative analysis across multiple data points (market sizing, benchmarking, statistical comparisons)
• Multi-section structured reports (literature reviews, competitive analyses, technology surveys)

When NOT to use — default to simpler tools first

• General conversation, Q&A, or factual questions — answer directly
• A single lookup that wikipedia_search or google_web_search can resolve
• Summarizing a single article or URL — use fetch_url_content instead
• Code-related tasks — use the code-agent skill
• Browser automation — use the browser-automation skill
• Email, calendar, or other tool-based tasks — use the appropriate skill directly