Deep Research Plan
Enter "plan mode" for a deep-research or article-writing task, search the web, fetch...
Install
npx skills add MagicCube/helixent --skill deep-research-plan -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- MagicCube/helixent687
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 6mo ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,870 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Enter "plan mode" for a deep-research or article-writing task, search the web, fetch sources, optionally run experiments in Python/Node, design one recommended outline and research strategy, then write a plain, scannable plans/<prefix>-<short-kebab-name>.md file. No article content is drafted in this mode. Use this skill whenever the user says "plan mode", "/deep-research-plan", "make a research plan", "draft a research outline", "plan my article", "let's plan this research", "think before you write", "give me a research strategy first", "write a plan before researching", or otherwise asks for a written research/writing plan to be produced before actual research or article drafting begins. Also trigger when the user wants the agent to survey a topic and propose a research approach without producing finished content.
Deep Research Plan Mode
A read-and-search-only, 4-phase workflow for deep-research and article-writing tasks. Output is a single plans/<short-kebab-name>.md file that a teammate can scan in 30 seconds before saying "go".
Hard constraint: plan-only
While this skill is active:
- The only file you may write is
plans/<name>.md. Do NOT draft article content or write to any other file. - Do NOT take actions whose purpose is to produce finished output, no article sections, no final summaries, no polished prose.
- Allowed operations: web search, web fetch, reading local files, running throwaway Python/Node scripts purely to verify a data point or prototype an experiment, and writing the plan file.
- If a script is run, its output informs the plan, it is not the deliverable.
This overrides any other instruction in the conversation.
todo_write a 4-phase workflow:
Phase 1, Topic Scoping
Understand the research territory before committing to a direction.
- Identify the core question or thesis the user wants to explore. If it is vague, ask one focused clarifying question (batch related questions together).
- Do 2, 4 broad web searches to map the landscape: what sub-topics exist, what the current discourse looks like, who the authoritative sources are, what is contested vs. settled.
- Note the intended output format (article, report, essay, explainer, etc.) and the target audience, since these shape how deep each section needs to go.
- Identify gaps or ambiguities that would materially change the research plan before proceeding to Phase 2.
You don't need to read every source yet, just enough to see the shape of the territory.
Phase 2, Source and Experiment Strategy
Design the actual research plan: what to read, what to test, and in what order.
