| name | research |
| description | Research skill that delegates investigation to a single subagent. Use this skill whenever the user asks to research, investigate, explore, look into, or learn about any topic. Invoke it for questions like "research X", "what do we know about Y", "look into Z for me", "deep dive on", or "find out about". |
| argument-hint | <topic or question> |
Research
Delegate to the researcher subagent, then present findings. Must complete in under 60 seconds.
Step 1: Classify
answer — single-concept, factual, quick lookup
deep-research — comparisons, how-to, multi-part, open-ended
Step 2: Spawn researcher
Launch one Agent with subagent_type: "researcher", model: "haiku".
Prompt (use exactly):
text: [USER'S FULL QUESTION]
mode: answer | deep-research
Returns JSON: { "answer": "...", "citations": [{ "url": "...", "title": "..." }] }
Step 3: Present
For answer:
### [Topic]
- [key point x3-5]
**Sources**
- [Title](url)
For deep-research:
### [Topic]
- [key point x3-5]
**Examples**
[code snippets or real-world usage if present in the answer]
**Sources**
- [Title](url)
List all citations as markdown links. Flag gaps if citations are sparse.