How does it coordinate with other agents?

It uses MCP (Model Context Protocol) to store research findings in a shared memory space, allowing planners and coders to access its insights seamlessly.

What is the Agent Researcher skill?

It is a specialized capability for Claude Code that automates the process of investigating repositories to understand structure, patterns, and dependencies.

Can it analyze external dependencies?

Yes, it systematically tracks import statements, module relationships, and external package configurations to map out the entire project dependency tree.

What search strategies does the researcher use?

It employs a broad-to-narrow approach using glob, recursive grep, and semantic search to ensure no critical implementation details are missed.

Agent Researcher

Name: Agent Researcher
Author: nbossn

bynbossn

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Productivity & Workflow

Conducts deep codebase investigations and information synthesis to provide actionable insights for complex software development tasks.

The Agent Researcher is a specialized analytical skill for Claude Code designed to perform exhaustive technical investigations within a repository. It excels at identifying architectural patterns, mapping complex dependency relationships, and mining documentation to bridge the gap between unknown codebases and implementation strategy. By leveraging systematic search patterns and persistent memory coordination, it provides a factual foundation for developers and other autonomous agents to build upon, ensuring that code changes are informed by the existing system's logic and history.

Key Features

010 GitHub stars

02Deep dependency mapping for internal modules and external packages

03Structured research output generation for planning and implementation

04Automated codebase pattern recognition and anti-pattern detection

05Systematic documentation mining from JSDoc, READMEs, and git history

06Cross-agent coordination via MCP-based memory storage and retrieval

Use Cases

01Identifying recurring implementation patterns to ensure architectural consistency

02Onboarding to a legacy or unfamiliar codebase to understand its architecture

03Investigating the impact of a major library upgrade or dependency change

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add nbossn/claude-code-base agent-researcher

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

Key Features

010 GitHub stars

02Deep dependency mapping for internal modules and external packages

03Structured research output generation for planning and implementation

04Automated codebase pattern recognition and anti-pattern detection

05Systematic documentation mining from JSDoc, READMEs, and git history

06Cross-agent coordination via MCP-based memory storage and retrieval

Use Cases

01Identifying recurring implementation patterns to ensure architectural consistency

02Onboarding to a legacy or unfamiliar codebase to understand its architecture

03Investigating the impact of a major library upgrade or dependency change

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add nbossn/claude-code-base agent-researcher

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT