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deep-research

Multi-source deep research using firecrawl and exa MCPs. Searches the web, synthesizes findings, and delivers cited reports with source attribution. Use when the user wants thorough research on any topic with evidence and citations.

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Quality

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87%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The skill body is actionable and concise, with concrete MCP tool calls and a reusable report template. Its main weakness is workflow clarity: validation and cross-referencing controls are stated separately rather than embedded as checkpoints in the research sequence.

Suggestions

Fold the Quality Rules (source-every-claim, cross-reference, recency, acknowledge gaps) into the workflow as explicit verification checkpoints — e.g. a Step 5.5 'Verify' pass before writing the report.

Add a feedback loop for the synthesis step: if a sub-question has no sourced findings, retry with alternate keyword variations before flagging 'insufficient data' in the report.

Trim or relocate the Examples block to a reference file or condense it, since it largely restates triggers already covered in When to Activate.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean: it jumps straight into workflow steps with exact tool signatures and a report template, never explaining what research or MCPs are; the drift warning earns its tokens by flagging time-sensitivity.

3 / 3

Actionability

Concrete executable tool calls with parameters (e.g. firecrawl_search(query, limit: 8), crawling_exa(url, tokensNum: 5000)), a copy-paste report template, and an explicit parallel-subagent plan make guidance copy-paste ready.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 6 steps are clearly sequenced, but quality/cross-check controls live in a separate "Quality Rules" section rather than as inline checkpoints in the workflow, so verification is present but implicit rather than wired into the sequence.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

A single-file skill with no bundle files and clean section organization (When to Activate, MCP Requirements, Workflow, Quality Rules, Examples); the drift warning correctly surfaces time-sensitive caveats inline.

3 / 3

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Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is specific, well-triggered, and complete, naming concrete actions and an explicit use-when clause tied to a distinct research niche. It uses third person and avoids fluff or over-claims.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Searches the web, synthesizes findings, and delivers cited reports with source attribution" lists multiple specific concrete actions (search, synthesize, deliver cited reports), matching the level-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly states what it does (multi-source deep research via firecrawl/exa) and provides an explicit "Use when the user wants thorough research on any topic with evidence and citations" trigger, answering both what and when.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms users say — "thorough research on any topic", "research", and "evidence and citations" — giving good coverage rather than technical jargon.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The "multi-source deep research using firecrawl and exa MCPs" framing carves a clear cited-report niche unlikely to collide with other skills, even though "any topic" is broad.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

87%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

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relative_links

Relative link issues: 3 missing

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Total

14

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16

Passed

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