Deep Research (via DeepAPI)

We use DeepAPI (deepapi.co) for all deep research. This fully replaced the retired perplexity-deep-research skill that called OpenRouter/Perplexity directly.

API key

• Key lives in ~/.zshrc as DEEPAPI_API_KEY.
• Gotcha: do NOT source ~/.zshrc — it breaks the shell (exit 126). Use the env var if set, else read just the key line:

KEY=${DEEPAPI_API_KEY:-$(rg -o 'DEEPAPI_API_KEY=\S+' ~/.zshrc | head -1 | cut -d= -f2)}
BASE=${DEEPAPI_API_BASE_URL:-https://deepapi.co}

• Key missing → stop and ask the user. Never print or log the key.

Step 1 — Build the research prompt

Write ONE self-contained paragraph following the research-prompt skill: