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Use when the user asks to research a topic and produce a thorough sourced report. Not for remote, credential, publish, deploy, or irreversible changes.

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# Deep research

## Contract

| Field | Bound contract |
|---|---|
| Trigger | User asks to research a topic and produce a thorough sourced report. |
| Authority | Reversible local: writes only ./research/{type}-{topic}-{YYYY-MM-DD}.md (or the optional output-path override) and an optional PDF beside it; rollback is version control or undo. No remote mutation. Spawns 3-20 read-only sub-agents. |
| Side effect | Writes ./research/{type}-{topic}-{YYYY-MM-DD}.md; optionally exports a PDF beside it. Sub-agents perform read-only web search and page fetch. Output path can be overridden with the optional output-path input. |
| Done | A prose-first cited Markdown report exists at the output path, containing key findings, strategic recommendations, and risks/uncertainties, with every claim cited. |

## Inputs

- Topic and research type, supplied by the user or inferred from the prompt. Research types: market, domain, technical, competitive, product, academic, person/org, financial, legal, trend, community. If none fit, infer a type and design a matching axis breakdown.