deep-research SKILL.md skillA
deep-research from davidondrej/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add davidondrej/skills/deep-research@git:20261018.eaed515Pins git:20261018.eaed515 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- davidondrej/skills
- Path
skills/research-and-web/deep-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261018.eaed515, committed Oct 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 13, 2026
- Size
- 2,699 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,161
- License
- MIT
Run deep research through DeepAPI and save a report with sources. Use when asked for deep research, DeepAPI research, or Perplexity deep research.
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
Use DeepAPI (`POST /v1/research/deep`) for all deep research.
## API key
Read `API_KEY` from the environment.
```bash
KEY=$API_KEY
BASE=${DEEPAPI_API_BASE_URL:-https://deepapi.co}
```
If the key is missing, stop and ask the user. Never print or log it. Get a key at deepapi.co.
## 1. Build the prompt
Follow the `research-prompt` skill. Write one self-contained paragraph:
- Lead with the main question and the decision it informs.
- Include all context and 3-6 numbered sub-questions. Keep one mission per prompt.
- State what to include or avoid. Prefer primary sources; separate fact from inference.
Field limits: `query` ≤ 4000 characters (the prompt), optional `context` ≤ 8000, optional `instructions` ≤ 2000. Do not send `model` or `provider`; the API rejects them.
## 2. Run it
One call returns a cited answer, targeting 700-1,120 words. The server allows up to ~5 minutes.
```bash
IDK=$(uuidgen) # keep this; retries must reuse the SAME Idempotency-Key
jq -n --rawfile p /tmp/dr_prompt.txt '{query:$p, maxCostUsd:"0.70"}' > /tmp/dr_body.json
curl -s --max-time 320 "$BASE/v1/research/deep" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add davidondrej/skills/deep-research@sha256:88292aef3bef8eeeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.eaed515, 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_y7tj3u7p6mboapmh)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Sep 13, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261018.eaed515 latest | 2026-10-18 | eaed515 | 2,699 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.bbafe9d | 2026-10-12 | bbafe9d | 2,723 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.41f8784 | 2026-09-25 | 41f8784 | 2,824 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.cb72780 | 2026-09-25 | cb72780 | 2,852 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260913.21be42a | 2026-09-13 | 21be42a | 2,758 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 (2699 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
davidondrej/skills · 4,161 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_y7tj3u7p6mboapmh GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=davidondrej/skills/deep-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/88292aef3bef8eeec0eabb4ad0193760d4ffa425daa3d364f8b4699dfefe4e9f
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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