deep-research-tiered

deep-research-tiered — model-tiered deep-research (workspace override)

Shiploop workspaces ship a model-tiered override of the built-in deep-research workflow. Prefer it over the built-in in this workspace:

Workflow({name: 'deep-research-tiered', args: '<question>'})                                  // cheap-tier defaults
Workflow({name: 'deep-research-tiered', args: {question: '<q>', models: {                     // brain overrides
  scope: 'sonnet', search: 'sonnet', fetch: 'haiku',
  verify: 'sonnet', synthesize: 'opus',
}}})

Same output shape as the built-in. The five stages (Scope → Search → Fetch → Verify → Synthesize) each accept an explicit model pin via args.models. Null-semantics contract:

• absent OR explicit null for a stage → the tiered default
• literal string "inherit" → no model pinned (session model handles the stage)
• any other string → pin that model

The tiered defaults keep a brainless invocation cheap: scope=sonnet, search=sonnet, fetch=haiku (with effort: 'low'), verify=sonnet, synthesize=inherit. Only synthesis inherits the session model by default — that's the one stage where the frontier tier pays.

Naming and precedence

The .claude/workflows/deep-research.js file is renamed at meta.name to deep-research-tiered so it can't collide with the built-in by name (whether a same-named workspace copy shadows the built-in is undocumented in the Workflow tool spec — this fallback is robust either way). Invoking Workflow({name: 'deep-research-tiered', ...}) unambiguously routes to the workspace copy in every session.