277 tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
1
files
instructions only
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
1167
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/firecrawl/web-agent --skill deep-research
The instruction itself
5 sections, as written by the author
Deep Research
Search Strategy
- Break the topic into 3-5 distinct angles
- 2-3 queries per angle using different terminology
- Use
site: operator for targeted searches (e.g. site:arxiv.org, site:github.com)
- Include official, comparison, and review-oriented queries
- Aim for 5-10 unique, high-quality sources
- Scrape each source with a targeted query parameter -- don't dump full pages into context
- Extract: key claims, data points, dates, attributed quotes
- Record author, publication, date, and URL for every source
Fact-Checking
- Cross-reference claims across 2+ sources
- Flag single-source claims explicitly
- Assign confidence: high (3+ sources agree), medium (2), low (1 or conflicting)
- Include contrarian viewpoints -- don't confirmation-bias the results
Output
- Structure by subtopic, not by source
- Inline citations for every claim
- Call formatOutput with the structured data