Agent skill

Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa

by affaan-m in affaan-m/ECC

Runs multi-source web research through the firecrawl and exa MCP tools and writes a cited report with source attribution.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa

skills CLI
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill deep-research -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC deep-research --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/docs/ja-JP/skills/deep-research .claude/skills/deep-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
deep-research
GitHub stars
276k
Token cost
~150 tokens
SKILL.md length
31 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
683
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Runs multi-source web research through the firecrawl and exa MCP tools and writes a cited report with source attribution.

  • Works in 5 steps: 質問を拡張 - キュレートするトピックと質問の軸を特定 → 複数のソースをスキャン -… → データを合成 - テーマごとにノートを整理、共通パターンを特定 → …
  • Researching a topic in depth with cited sources
  • SKILL.md covers 使用時期, ワークフロー and 出力形式
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

This skill produces in-depth, cited research reports on a topic using the firecrawl and exa MCP tools. The workflow asks one or two clarifying questions about your goal, splits the topic into three to five sub-questions, and searches each one with several keyword variations, mixing general and news queries and aiming for 15 to 30 unique sources in total.

For the most promising URLs it fetches full content, reading three to five key sources in full rather than relying on search snippets, then synthesizes the findings into a report with source attribution. Sources are ranked with academic, official and reputable news above blogs and forums. At least one of the firecrawl or exa MCP servers must be configured, and the skill itself warns that tool names, quotas and result shapes change, so the configured tools should be checked first.

When your agent uses it

  • Researching a topic in depth with cited sources
  • Running a competitive analysis or technology evaluation
  • Doing due diligence on a company, investor or technology
  • Estimating a market from several independent sources

Example prompts

  • “Do a deep dive on the current state of solid-state batteries and give me a cited report.”
  • “Research Notion's main competitors and compare their pricing, with sources.”
  • “Investigate this startup before our call: funding, product and recent news.”

Requirements

  • A configured firecrawl or exa MCP server
  • Network access for web search and page fetching

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. 質問を拡張 - キュレートするトピックと質問の軸を特定
  2. 複数のソースをスキャン - Exa、GitHub、arXiv、論文、ブログ、ドキュメント
  3. データを合成 - テーマごとにノートを整理、共通パターンを特定
  4. メリット/デメリット表を構築 - トレードオフを明確に表示
  5. 権威ある答えを構築 - コンテキスト内の完全な画像を提示

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4eb71d9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa loads about 150 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 31 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~150

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from affaan-m/ECC at commit 4eb71d9, republished under its MIT licence (© affaan-m). 31 words, ~150 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/deep-research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
deep-research
description
コンテキスト深い研究を実施し、複雑なテーマについての権威ある答えを生成します。複数のソースをキュレート、相互参照、合成してコンテキスト内の完全な画像を構築します。
origin
ECC

ディープ リサーチ

複雑なテーマについて複数のソースをキュレート、交差参照、合成して権威ある答えを生成します。

使用時期

  • ユーザーが「Xについて詳しく調べてくれ」と求める
  • トレードオフ分析、選択肢の比較
  • 市場調査、競合分析
  • 技術的な深掘り(フレームワーク、言語、ツール)
  • 複数の権限筋からの情報を必要とする質問

ワークフロー

  1. 質問を拡張 - キュレートするトピックと質問の軸を特定
  2. 複数のソースをスキャン - Exa、GitHub、arXiv、論文、ブログ、ドキュメント
  3. データを合成 - テーマごとにノートを整理、共通パターンを特定
  4. メリット/デメリット表を構築 - トレードオフを明確に表示
  5. 権威ある答えを構築 - コンテキスト内の完全な画像を提示

出力形式

  • 要約(2-3段落)
  • 重要な発見(箇条書き)
  • メリット/デメリット表
  • 推奨事項またはベストプラクティス
  • ソース参考文献

© affaan-m, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in docs/ja-JP/skills/deep-research of affaan-m/ECC.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4eb71d9

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Questions about Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa

What does Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa do?

Runs multi-source web research through the firecrawl and exa MCP tools and writes a cited report with source attribution. This skill produces in-depth, cited research reports on a topic using the firecrawl and exa MCP tools. The workflow asks one or two clarifying questions about your goal, splits the topic into three to five sub-questions, and searches each one with several keyword variations, mixing general and news queries and aiming for 15 to 30 unique sources in total.

When should I use Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa?

Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa fits situations like: researching a topic in depth with cited sources; running a competitive analysis or technology evaluation; doing due diligence on a company, investor or technology; estimating a market from several independent sources.

How do I install Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill deep-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/ja-JP/skills/deep-research in affaan-m/ECC) into .claude/skills/deep-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa in Codex?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill deep-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (docs/ja-JP/skills/deep-research in affaan-m/ECC) into .agents/skills/deep-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill deep-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/deep-research, .gemini/skills/deep-research, .github/skills/deep-research and .opencode/skills/deep-research in your project.

What does Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: A configured firecrawl or exa MCP server; Network access for web search and page fetching.

Does Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa use?

Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa use?

About 150 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 600 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa: Local RAG Search (nkapila6/mcp-local-rag, 134 stars), Mysearch (skernelx/MySearch-Proxy, 159 stars), Deep Research MCP Guide (pminervini/deep-research-mcp, 114 stars) and Web Research Search Tips (malob/nix-config, 463 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Deep Research with Firecrawl and Exa?

affaan-m (a GitHub user) maintains it in affaan-m/ECC, which has 276,111 GitHub stars. The repository holds 683 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: affaan-m/ECC on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.