This skill should be used for thorough, multi-source research that must be credible and well-sourced, and for turning that research into a synthesis. Trigger phrases: "deep research", "comprehensive research", "research report", "investigate X thoroughly", "find best practices with sources", "market/competitive research", "synthesize these findings", "fact-check this", "is this claim actually true?". Use it whenever a question needs rigorous, cited research rather than a quick answer.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/cro-research-reporting:deep-research-synthesisThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Produce research a skeptical expert would trust: every load-bearing claim sourced, reliability labeled, conflicts surfaced, and the synthesis honest about what's known vs. estimated.
Produce research a skeptical expert would trust: every load-bearing claim sourced, reliability labeled, conflicts surfaced, and the synthesis honest about what's known vs. estimated.
references/source-tiering.md).references/research-rigor.md).references/subagent-briefs.md); pull interactive/first-party data yourself.references/research-rigor.md); re-fetch primaries for load-bearing stats.report-information-design for a polished deliverable.references/research-playbook.md — recon→plan→fan-out→verify→synthesize loop in detail.references/research-rigor.md — query expansion, the reflection/gap loop, stop conditions, credibility scoring, self-contained briefs + verbatim-return contract (from gpt-researcher / STORM / open_deep_research).references/source-tiering.md — the reliability rubric, confidence phrasing, handling conflicts.references/subagent-briefs.md — the parallel-research brief template + worked examples.At the start of a task, check for the engagement brief (default ./cro-engagement.md, created by the getting-started skill / /kickoff). If it exists, read it first and tailor scope, audience, and depth to it. If it's missing and the work is more than a one-off, offer to capture one via getting-started.
report-information-design (turn the synthesis into a report), ecommerce-cro-audit (a frequent consumer of this skill's evidence). Agents: deep-researcher runs a single stream; cro-verifier adversarially checks the result.
Label vendor/self-interested figures directional; distinguish "verified against primary" from "widely cited but untraced"; prefer recent sources for fast-moving topics; include a short source-reliability appendix so the reader can defend the work.
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