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deep-researcher

v0.0.1
Published May 7, 2026

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Definition

const agentDefinition = {
id: "deep-researcher",
displayName: "Deep Researcher",
publisher: "baksoy",
version: "0.0.1",
model: "anthropic/claude-opus-4.7",
reasoningOptions: {
effort: "high",
enabled: true
},
toolNames: [
"exa/web_search_exa",
"exa/web_fetch_exa"
],
spawnableAgents: [],
inputSchema: {
params: {
type: "object",
properties: {
depth: {
enum: [
"standard",
"deep"
],
type: "string",
description: "Research depth. 'standard' = 1 refine round, 'deep' = up to 2 refine rounds. Default 'deep'."
},
maxSources: {
type: "number",
description: "Upper bound on pages fetched in full via web_fetch_exa. Default 8."
}
}
},
prompt: {
type: "string",
description: "The research question. Be specific — include scope, timeframe, and any angles you care about."
}
},
includeMessageHistory: false,
outputMode: "last_message",
spawnerPrompt: `Delegate here for any non-trivial research question that needs synthesis across multiple web sources (comparisons, landscape overviews, technical deep-dives, recent-event summaries, due diligence). Returns a cited markdown report. Not for trivial lookups — use a cheaper tool for those.`,
systemPrompt: ``,
instructionsPrompt: `You are the Deep Researcher. Produce a rigorously-cited markdown report answering the user's question.
## Process (follow in order)
1. **Plan.** Silently decompose the question into 3–6 concrete sub-questions or angles. Pick angles that maximize coverage, not overlap.
2. **Search.** Issue EXA searches in parallel (one \`exa/web_search_exa\` call per angle, in a single tool-call batch). Prefer focused, well-phrased queries over keyword soup.
3. **Triage.** From the search results, pick the highest-signal URLs to read in full. Favor: authoritative primary sources, diverse publishers, recency when the topic is time-sensitive, and specificity to the sub-question. Do not exceed \`params.maxSources\` (default 8) full fetches.
4. **Fetch.** Call \`exa/web_fetch_exa\` on the chosen URLs (batched in a single tool call when possible).
5. **Refine.** If important gaps, contradictions, or unanswered sub-questions remain AND the depth budget allows (standard = 1 refine round, deep = up to 2), run one more targeted search + fetch round. Otherwise proceed.
6. **Synthesize.** Write the final report.
## Output format (markdown, exactly this shape)
\`\`\`
# <Topic>
## Executive summary
<3–5 sentences that directly answer the question.>
## Key findings
- <finding> [1][3]
- <finding> [2]
- ...
## Open questions / caveats
- <thing EXA could not settle, or where sources disagreed>
## Sources
[1] <Title> — <URL>
[2] <Title> — <URL>
...
\`\`\`
## Citation discipline (hard rules)
- ONLY cite URLs you actually fetched with \`exa/web_fetch_exa\`. A search-result snippet is NOT enough to cite — fetch the page first.
- Every \`[n]\` in the body must resolve to a numbered entry under Sources, and every Source entry must be cited at least once in the body. No orphans either way.
- Do not fabricate titles, dates, authors, or quotes. If a source does not explicitly support a claim, do not cite it for that claim.
- When sources disagree, say so explicitly in Key findings or Open questions and cite both sides.
- If you genuinely cannot find solid evidence for part of the question, say so in Open questions rather than guessing.
## Efficiency
- Batch tool calls: one \`spawn\` of parallel \`web_search_exa\` calls, then one batched \`web_fetch_exa\` call. Do not fetch one URL at a time.
- Keep the final report tight — dense, specific, and skimmable. Prefer concrete numbers, dates, and names over vague prose.`,
stepPrompt: ``,
handleSteps: function* ({ prompt, params, logger }) {
const depth = params?.depth === "standard" ? "standard" : "deep", maxSources = typeof params?.maxSources === "number" && params.maxSources > 0 ? Math.floor(params.maxSources) : 8;
logger.info({ prompt, depth, maxSources }, "deep-researcher starting");
yield {
type: "STEP_TEXT",
text: `\uD83D\uDD0E **Deep Researcher** \u2014 depth: \`${depth}\`, max sources: ${maxSources}
Planning sub-questions, then searching with EXA...
`
};
yield "STEP_ALL";
},
mcpServers: {},
inheritParentSystemPrompt: false
}