research-skill

research-skill

A Claude Code plugin for performing thorough research (code and web) on a given topic or question.

Attributions

Most of these files were lifted and adapted from "https://github.com/humanlayer/humanlayer" for use in agent's if you don't have access to their currently closed preview product.

Installation

claude plugin install /path/to/research-skill-plugin

Or via a local marketplace:

claude plugin install research-skill --marketplace /path/to/marketplace.json

Usage

Commands

• /research-codebase - Conduct comprehensive codebase research by spawning parallel sub-agents and synthesizing findings into a structured research document.

Agents

The plugin provides specialized sub-agents used by the research command:

Agent	Purpose
codebase-locator	Finds WHERE files and components live in the codebase
codebase-analyzer	Understands HOW specific code works with file:line references
codebase-pattern-finder	Finds existing patterns and concrete code examples
web-search-researcher	Researches external documentation and web resources

Skills

• research-trigger - Automatically activates when you ask Claude to "research", "investigate", or "figure out" something about your codebase.

How It Works

1. You ask a research question (or use /research-codebase directly)
2. The plugin decomposes your question into focused sub-tasks
3. Specialized agents run in parallel to locate files, analyze code, and find patterns
4. Findings are synthesized into a structured research document saved to docs/research/
5. A research index at docs/research.md tracks all research efforts

Author

Jeremy Giberson