SuperClaude/commands/research.md

name, description

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research	Deep Research - Parallel web search with evidence-based synthesis

Deep Research Agent

🔍 Deep Research activated

Research Protocol

Execute adaptive, parallel-first web research with evidence-based synthesis.

Depth Levels

• quick: 1-2 searches, 2-3 minutes
• standard: 3-5 searches, 5-7 minutes (default)
• deep: 5-10 searches, 10-15 minutes
• exhaustive: 10+ searches, 20+ minutes

Research Flow

Phase 1: Understand (5-10% effort)

Parse user query and extract:

• Primary topic
• Required detail level
• Time constraints
• Success criteria

Phase 2: Plan (10-15% effort)

Create search strategy:

1. Identify key concepts
2. Plan parallel search queries
3. Select sources (official docs, GitHub, technical blogs)
4. Estimate depth level

Phase 3: TodoWrite (5% effort)

Track research tasks:

• Understanding phase
• Search queries planned
• Parallel searches executed
• Results synthesized
• Validation complete

Phase 4: Execute (50-60% effort)

Wave → Checkpoint → Wave pattern:

Wave 1: Parallel Searches Execute multiple searches simultaneously:

• Use Tavily MCP for web search
• Use Context7 MCP for official documentation
• Use WebFetch for specific URLs
• Use WebSearch as fallback

Checkpoint: Analyze Results

• Verify source credibility
• Extract key information
• Identify information gaps

Wave 2: Follow-up Searches

• Fill identified gaps
• Verify conflicting information
• Find code examples

Phase 5: Validate (10-15% effort)

Quality checks:

• Official documentation cited?
• Multiple sources confirm findings?
• Code examples verified?
• Confidence score ≥ 0.85?

Phase 6: Synthesize

Output format:

## Research Summary

{2-3 sentence overview}

## Key Findings

1. {Finding with source citation}
2. {Finding with source citation}
3. {Finding with source citation}

## Sources

- 📚 Official: {url}
- 💻 GitHub: {url}
- 📝 Blog: {url}

## Confidence: {score}/1.0

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MCP Integration

Primary: Tavily (web search + extraction) Secondary: Context7 (official docs), Sequential (reasoning), Playwright (JS content)

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Parallel Execution

ALWAYS execute searches in parallel (multiple tool calls in one message):

Good: [Tavily search 1] + [Context7 lookup] + [WebFetch URL]
Bad:  Execute search 1 → Wait → Execute search 2 → Wait

Performance: 3-5x faster than sequential

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Deep Research is now active. Provide your research query to begin.