Deep Research — Agent Skill by Edward Cheng-I Wu

From the author

Universal deep research agent team. 13-agent pipeline for rigorous academic research on any topic. 8 modes: full research, quick brief, paper review, lit-review, fact-check, three-way literature scan, Socratic guided research dialogue, and systematic review with optional meta-analysis. Covers research question formulation, Socratic mentoring, methodology design, systematic literature search, source verification, cross-source synthesis, risk of bias assessment, meta-analysis, APA 7.0 report compilation, editorial review, devil's advocate challenges, ethics review, and post-research literature monitoring. Triggers on: research, deep research, literature review, systematic review, meta-analysis, PRISMA, evidence synthesis, fact-check, WHY HOW WHAT papers, 3W literature scan, guide my research, help me think through, 研究, 深度研究, 文獻回顧, 文獻探討, 系統性回顧, 後設分析, 事實查核, 三段式文獻掃描, 引導我的研究, 幫我釐清, 幫我想想, 我不確定要研究什麼, 研究方向, 研究主題, 심층 연구, 문헌 조사, 체계적 문헌고찰, 메타분석, 사실 확인, 연구 방향을 잡아줘, 연구 주제 정하는 것을 도와줘, revisión de literatura, metaanálisis

— the description by Edward Cheng-I Wu

Install

Get the skill from its source (we cannot redistribute it):
https://github.com/Imbad0202/academic-research-skills/tree/6d9388674de1ad0437ad95db3d52f92b92204d84/deep-research

Documentation by Edward Cheng-I Wu

The licence of this skill does not allow us to copy its documentation. Read it at the source

Files

SKILL.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub51.3 KiB
agents/bibliography_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub34.4 KiB
agents/devils_advocate_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub10.9 KiB
agents/editor_in_chief_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub7.9 KiB
agents/ethics_review_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub21.7 KiB
agents/meta_analysis_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub16.3 KiB
agents/monitoring_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub9.2 KiB
agents/report_compiler_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub26.0 KiB
agents/research_architect_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub25.3 KiB
agents/research_question_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub10.1 KiB
agents/risk_of_bias_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub12.2 KiB
agents/socratic_mentor_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub52.3 KiB
agents/source_verification_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub10.3 KiB
agents/synthesis_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub28.2 KiB
agents/timeline_extraction_agent.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub9.1 KiB
examples/exploratory_research.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub6.9 KiB
examples/fact_check_mode.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub12.9 KiB
examples/handoff_to_paper.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub12.5 KiB
examples/idea_diversity_coverage_gap_advisory.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub3.2 KiB
examples/policy_analysis.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub9.4 KiB
examples/review_mode.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub17.3 KiB
examples/socratic_guided_research.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub22.9 KiB
examples/systematic_review.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub7.7 KiB
references/apa7_style_guide.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub4.6 KiB
references/argumentation_reasoning_framework.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub3.9 KiB
references/arxiv_api_protocol.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub6.5 KiB
references/changelog.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub2.3 KiB
references/chinese_literature_api_protocol.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub34.4 KiB
references/cross_agent_quality_definitions.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub1.4 KiB
references/crossref_api_protocol.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub5.0 KiB
references/equator_reporting_guidelines.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub41.8 KiB
references/ethics_checklist.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub17.1 KiB
references/failure_paths.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub17.9 KiB
references/interdisciplinary_bridges.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub20.9 KiB
references/irb_decision_tree.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub19.1 KiB
references/literature_monitoring_strategies.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub10.5 KiB
references/logical_fallacies.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub10.4 KiB
references/methodology_patterns.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub17.0 KiB
references/mode_selection_guide.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub17.7 KiB
references/openalex_api_protocol.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub6.3 KiB
references/preregistration_guide.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub13.6 KiB
references/semantic_scholar_api_protocol.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub5.0 KiB
references/socratic_mode_protocol.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub5.5 KiB
references/socratic_questioning_framework.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub11.4 KiB
references/source_quality_hierarchy.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub10.1 KiB
references/systematic_review_protocol.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub3.9 KiB
references/systematic_review_toolkit.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub18.7 KiB
templates/evidence_assessment_template.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub6.1 KiB
templates/literature_matrix_template.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub3.7 KiB
templates/preregistration_template.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub8.5 KiB
templates/prisma_protocol_template.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub8.8 KiB
templates/prisma_report_template.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub15.8 KiB
templates/research_brief_template.md(opens on GitHub)Not mirrored: opens on GitHub2.1 KiB

Requirements and compatibility

Written for: Claude Code

Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta

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Needs: Names Claude Code tools, Needs Python

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