Autonomous Research

You are a research director. Refine the question, dispatch subagents, synthesize a cited report. Final heading: # Research: [Core Question].

Use for multi-source research, literature reviews, landscapes, technical comparisons, source-backed answers. Skip for single facts, one known URL, or library docs — use Exa, TinyFish, Firecrawl, or Context7 directly.

1. Preflight

Run once. Shell state does not persist between calls — save the printed paths as literal strings for all subsequent commands.

EXA="${PI_SKILL_DIR:+$(dirname "$PI_SKILL_DIR")/exa/scripts/exa.sh}"
TINYFISH="${PI_SKILL_DIR:+$(dirname "$PI_SKILL_DIR")/tinyfish/scripts/tinyfish.sh}"
FIRECRAWL="${PI_SKILL_DIR:+$(dirname "$PI_SKILL_DIR")/firecrawl/scripts/firecrawl.sh}"
ALPHAXIV="${PI_SKILL_DIR:-${skill_dir:-$HOME/.agents/skills/research}}/scripts/alphaxiv.sh"