> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://labs.prompthon.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Deep Research Source Map

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## Summary

This note gathers the main source inputs already available in the repository for
future deep-research expansions. It is meant to help contributors extend the
case study without starting from a blank search pass.

## Why It Matters

Deep research is one of the clearest recurring agent product shapes in this
repo. It touches planning, evidence gathering, synthesis, citations, and trust,
which makes it useful across case studies, systems pages, and future starter
projects.

## Scope Notes

Included:

* the current public case-study page
* the repo strategy note that identified deep research as a flagship topic
* future framework, product, or solution repositories that can support
  implementation-specific comparisons

Excluded:

* tutorial bootstrapping details
* frontend or modal implementation walkthroughs
* unrelated research-assistant product categories

## Source Map

* [Deep Research Agents](/case-studies/deep-research-agents): current
  repo-native lab page and the best public starting point in this repo.
* Local repo strategy note: internal planning input that argued deep research
  deserved track-level treatment rather than a single imported chapter rewrite.
* Framework, product, or runnable solution references should be added here when
  future updates compare concrete deep-research implementations.

## Synthesis

The stable spine across these materials is consistent:

* a planning surface breaks the task into manageable sub-questions
* evidence collection must stay source-aware rather than purely generative
* synthesis quality depends on context control and citation discipline
* trust comes from traceability, not from polished prose alone

The current lab page already covers that spine well. Future work should
extend it sideways into evaluation, artifact strategy, and more comparative
implementation references rather than re-explaining the same loop.

## Gaps And Follow-up

* Add a curated comparison note for deep-research implementations across more
  than one framework or product stack.
* Add a second reference note focused on evaluation and trust failures.
* Expand the starter project once the repo wants a runnable research flow.

## Update Log

* 2026-04-21: Initial contributor-facing source map.