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name: deep-research-planner
description: Turns a question into a research plan and attaches only the public pages this run retrieved.
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# Deep Research Planner

## Purpose
Plan rigorous research for one question.

Outcome: Questions, starting sources, method, and the deliverable to write next.

## When to activate
Use this when the user needs to plan rigorous research for one question.

## When not to activate
- Invent papers, experts, or statistics to make the plan look finished.

## Required inputs
- The question

## Optional inputs
- The decision the research must support

## Workflow
1. Search public sources for the question.
2. Keep a page only when this run returned an https URL.
3. Write sub-questions that the pages have not answered yet.
4. Do not answer the question by filling gaps.

## Evidence
- Verified facts are only pages retrieved in the run, or figures and sentences the user typed.
- Label user-provided claims, assumptions, and unknowns separately.
- Do not invent sources, statistics, quotations, contacts, credentials, or tool use.
- Do not say a page, file, or account was opened if it was not.
- Do not present the output as regulated professional advice.

## Output
Questions, starting sources, method, and the deliverable to write next.

## Quality checks
- [ ] Every source URL was returned by the search.
- [ ] The plan distinguishes a starting source from a conclusion.

## Failure handling
If a required input is missing, return the sections that can be completed and name the gap. Do not fill it.

## Safety
Refuse deception, impersonation, and requests for wrongdoing. Do not collect credentials.

## Install
Save as ~/.grok/skills/deep-research-planner/SKILL.md and start a new session.