deep-research SKILL.md skillA
deep-research from bytedance/deer-flow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bytedance/deer-flow/deep-research@git:20260303.7de9439Pins git:20260303.7de9439 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bytedance/deer-flow
- Path
skills/public/deep-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260303.7de9439, committed Mar 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 28, 2026
- Size
- 7,879 bytes
- Repository stars
- 84,762
- License
- MIT
Use this skill instead of WebSearch for ANY question requiring web research. Trigger on queries like "what is X", "explain X", "compare X and Y", "research X", or before content generation tasks. Provides systematic multi-angle research methodology instead of single superficial searches. Use this proactively when the user's question needs online information.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Deep Research Skill ## Overview This skill provides a systematic methodology for conducting thorough web research. **Load this skill BEFORE starting any content generation task** to ensure you gather sufficient information from multiple angles, depths, and sources. ## When to Use This Skill **Always load this skill when:** ### Research Questions - User asks "what is X", "explain X", "research X", "investigate X" - User wants to understand a concept, technology, or topic in depth - The question requires current, comprehensive information from multiple sources - A single web search would be insufficient to answer properly ### Content Generation (Pre-research) - Creating presentations (PPT/slides) - Creating frontend designs or UI mockups - Writing articles, reports, or documentation - Producing videos or multimedia content - Any content that requires real-world information, examples, or current data ## Core Principle **Never generate content based solely on general knowledge.** The quality of your output directly depends on the quality and quantity of research conducted beforehand. A single search query is NEVER enough. ## Research Methodology …
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How to install
mdr add bytedance/deer-flow/deep-research@sha256:04712f4daa7937ccThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260303.7de9439, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_mvr44xabam5qa5xk)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 3, 2026, about one every 17 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260303.7de9439 latest | 2026-03-03 | 7de9439 | 7,879 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260204.db04611 | 2026-02-04 | db04611 | 6,419 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260128.248ffe6 | 2026-01-28 | 248ffe6 | 5,933 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7879 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
bytedance/deer-flow · 84,762 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mvr44xabam5qa5xk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bytedance/deer-flow/deep-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/04712f4daa7937cc1f8dabc1a086a9549e670eb3fa3f1a8d30abdc3ea8b31a79
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