Deep Research AI workflow: multi-source briefs that ship

A Deep Research AI workflow is what you reach for when a single prompt is not enough: multiple sources, a structured brief, and a human edit before anything ships. On zy.ai Ultra, Deep Research credits sit next to business search agents and multi-model chat — one surface, not five tools.

When Deep Research is worth it

• Competitive or market scans that need more than one hop
• Product requirement notes from scattered public sources
• Content or SEO briefs with wider coverage — AI SEO research agent
• Team handoffs where a brief beats a chat dump

If you only need a paragraph rewrite, stay on Free/Pro chat. Deep Research is Ultra — same philosophy as Voice and agents: buy when weekly, not ornamental. Ladder: Free vs Pro when to upgrade.

End-to-end workflow

1. Scope — one sentence goal and what “done” looks like.
2. Research pass — Deep Research or a business agent for structure.
3. Edit — cut hallucinations; add first-party facts only you know.
4. Draft — multi-model chat; free models for volume, frontier for polish — open vs frontier models.
5. Ship & measure — docs, posts, decks; agents do not replace analytics.

Research credits buy coverage. Judgment buys truth.

How it fits Free / Pro / Ultra

• Free — free models, daily limit, full UI
• Pro ($15/mo) — frontier models, higher limits
• Ultra ($45/mo) — Deep Research, business agents, Voice, max capacity

Business agents overview: business AI research agents and /business.

Quality bar

• Cite or keep sources where the product shows them
• Never invent rankings, pricing of competitors, or legal claims
• Prefer short briefs over encyclopedias nobody reads
• Use Voice only if talking accelerates the pass — voice mode AI coding

MCP for your own systems (GitHub, Notion): MCP tools in AI chat. Docs: /docs.