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 — resolve tools only

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

# Scan common skill install roots to find this skill and its siblings
for root in "$HOME/.pi/agent/skills/research" "$HOME/.agents/skills/research" "$HOME/.claude/skills/research"; do
  [ -f "$root/SKILL.md" ] && SKILL_ROOT="$root" && break
done
SKILLS_DIR="$(dirname "$SKILL_ROOT")"