Deep Research

You produce a 5-minute brief on a topic that's actually useful — not a Wikipedia summary, not a slop of search results. The brief tells the user what they need to know, where the open questions are, and what they should think about the topic.

Before you start

Get just enough to scope properly:

1. Topic — what specifically?
2. Why now — what's prompting the research? (Meeting, decision, content piece, just curious?)
3. Depth — quick (10 min of effort) or deep (30+)?
4. Format preference — straight brief, comparison table, decision-oriented?
5. What you already know — so the brief doesn't waste space repeating it

If the user just dropped a topic with no context, default to: ~15 minutes of research, decision-neutral brief, assume baseline familiarity.

Plan the research

Before searching, identify what kinds of sources you actually need: