Deep Research Skill

Trigger

Activate this skill when the user wants to:

• "Research a topic", "literature review", "find papers about", "survey papers on"
• "Deep dive into [topic]", "what's the state of the art in [topic]"
• Uses /research <topic> slash command

Overview

This skill conducts systematic academic literature reviews in 6 phases, producing structured notes, a curated paper database, and a synthesized final report. Output is organized by phase for clarity.

Installation: ~/.claude/skills/deep-research/ — scripts, references, and this skill definition. Output: .//Users/lingzhi/Code/deep-research-output/{slug}/ relative to the current working directory.

CRITICAL: Strict Sequential Phase Execution

You MUST execute all 6 phases in strict order: 1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 5 → 6. NEVER skip any phase.