Deep Work

Deep Work is Crew's autonomous AI workspace for complex tasks that need more time and depth than a regular chat. Instead of answering instantly, Crew works in a dedicated environment for up to 30 minutes — researching, analyzing, and creating polished deliverables.

When to Use Deep Work

Use Deep Work when you need:

• In-depth research — Multi-source research reports with citations

• Document creation — Professional PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, or presentations

• Data analysis — Complex analysis across multiple files with charts and insights

• Competitive analysis — Detailed comparisons with pricing, features, and recommendations

For quick questions and everyday tasks, regular chat is faster. Deep Work is for the jobs that need thorough, focused effort.

How It Works

1. Describe what you need — Be detailed about what to produce, the format you want, and any specific requirements

2. Crew launches an autonomous agent — The agent works in a secure, isolated environment with full internet access

3. The agent researches and creates — It can search the web, browse pages, read your files, write code, and create documents

4. Results are delivered — Finished files appear in your chat and are saved to My Files

Deep Work runs in the background — you can keep chatting or close the app while it works. You'll be notified when results are ready.

What Deep Work Can Do

Research Reports

"Research the current state of AI regulations worldwide and create a comprehensive PDF report comparing policies by country."

Data Analysis

"Analyze the sales data in my files (reports/Q1-sales.xlsx) and create a summary report with charts and trends."

Competitive Analysis

"Research and compare the top 5 project management tools. Create a detailed comparison with pricing, features, and pros/cons."

Document Synthesis

"Read all the contract files in my files (contracts/ folder) and create a summary highlighting key terms and deadlines."

Using Your Files

Deep Work can access files from My Files. Mention the file paths in your prompt:

"Use the data in reports/quarterly.xlsx and contracts/NDA.pdf to create a summary document."

The agent reads your files as reference material and produces output files saved back to My Files.

Output Formats

Deep Work can create:

• PDF — Professional layouts with formatting, tables, and charts

• DOCX — Word documents

• XLSX — Spreadsheets with data and formulas

• PPTX — Presentations

• CSV — Data files

• Markdown — Text documents

Chat vs. Deep Work

	Chat	Deep Work
Response time	Instant	Up to 30 minutes
Web research	Simple search	Multi-step deep research
Document output	Text in chat	PDF, DOCX, XLSX files
File analysis	Read one file	Analyze multiple files
Complexity	Quick answers	Multi-step workflows

Plan Limits

Plan	Max Duration	Concurrent Tasks
Free	30 minutes	1
Basic	30 minutes	1
Plus	30 minutes	1
Pro	30 minutes	2

Pro plan users get access to the most powerful AI model for Deep Work tasks.

Tips

• Be specific — The more detail you give, the better the output. Include the desired format, structure, and any must-have sections.

• Reference your files — Mention specific file paths from My Files for the agent to use as input

• Don't wait around — Deep Work runs in the background. Start a new chat or come back later.

• Check the results — Deep Work delivers polished output, but always review before sharing important documents