---
title: "DeepRead"
type: skill
id: "rezvani-skills/deep-reading/deepread"
category: "Research"
publisher: "Alireza Rezvani"
license: "MIT"
source: "https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/c85b17e"
canonical: "https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/rezvani-skills/deep-reading/deepread"
open_in_pho: "https://pho.chat/customize?item=rezvani-skills%2Fdeep-reading%2Fdeepread&utm_source=labs&utm_medium=skill-page&utm_campaign=skills-library"
---

# DeepRead

Use when the user asks to deeply read a book, article, PDF, or document set; extract claims and evidence; build a knowledge map; or learn through Feynman explanation and recall. Covers quick, deep, map, Feynman, and whole-book reading modes.

Source: Alireza Rezvani (MIT), copied at a pinned commit. Free to use. Part of the Phở Skills library (https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills).
Skill set: Deep reading & meta research (https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/rezvani-skills/deep-reading.md).

## What it covers
- Use This Skill When
- Choose One Mode
- Workflow
  - 1. Verify the source
  - 2. State the author's central claim
  - 3. Build an argument tree
  - 4. Create an evidence ledger
  - 5. Test the reasoning
  - 6. Synthesize at the correct scale
  - 7. Close the learning loop
- Default Output for Deep Mode
- Anti-Patterns
- Cross-References

## Other skills in this set
- [Meta-Research — Disciplined Multi-Source Research](https://labs.pho.chat/en/skills/rezvani-skills/deep-reading/meta-research.md): Use when a wrong answer is expensive: strategy research, comparing several products or markets, validating a hypothesis with outside data. Fans out searches and sub-agents, triangulates each claim…

## Use it
- In Phở: open https://pho.chat/customize?item=rezvani-skills%2Fdeep-reading%2Fdeepread&utm_source=labs&utm_medium=skill-page&utm_campaign=skills-library and press Try, or add it so Phở loads it whenever a request matches. Phở works with your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others).
- Full instructions (original SKILL.md, unchanged): https://labs.pho.chat/skills/raw/rezvani-skills/deep-reading/skills/deepread/SKILL.md
- Original files: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/c85b17e (MIT).
- Full machine-readable index: https://labs.pho.chat/skills.json