Initiates a deep, multi-step web research job in the background using Google's Deep Research Agent. Returns a job_id, which you can use to check the status of completion using check_deep_research(job_id=...).

Parameters:

• prompt: The comprehensive research question or topic to investigate (required)

Returns:

• job_id: Unique tracking ID for the research job

• status: Initial job state (typically 'in_progress')

Checks the status of a Deep Research job using its job_id and returns the complete report once finished.

Parameters:

• job_id: The tracking ID returned by start_deep_research (required)

• include_citations: Whether to include source URLs in the report (default: true)

Returns:

• job_id: The tracking ID of the research job

• status: Current job state ('in_progress', 'completed', 'failed', or 'cancelled')

• report_text: The synthesized research report when completed

• uptime: Elapsed time while the job is in progress, when available

• error: Failure details, when the API provides them