Deploy and orchestrate hosted AI agents with Ash. Covers: creating an Ash client, deploying agents, managing sessions (create, pause, resume, end), sending messages, streaming SSE responses, sandbox isolation, multi-turn conversations, real-time text deltas, error handling, and working with files in agent workspaces. Works with TypeScript (@ash-ai/sdk) and Python (ash-ai-sdk) SDKs.

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name	research
description	Research a topic using web search and browsing. Gathers current information, synthesizes findings, and writes a report.
use_when	User asks to research a topic, find information, look something up, or gather data on a subject
allowed-tools	Bash(./scripts/), Bash(curl:), Bash(python3:), WebSearch(), WebFetch(*), Read, Write

Research

Research a topic and produce a written report.

Process

Use ./scripts/search.sh "$ARGUMENTS" for a quick web search
Use ./scripts/fetch-page.sh <url> to read the most relevant results
Synthesize findings into a clear, concise report
Save the report to research-report.md
Print a summary of key takeaways

Output Format

The report should be markdown with:

A title and date
Executive summary (2-3 sentences)
Key findings as bullet points
Sources with URLs