Researcher Skill

General-purpose research agent for non-Lean tasks.

Trigger Conditions

This skill activates when:

•Task language is "general", "meta", or "markdown"
•Research is needed for implementation planning
•Documentation or external resources need to be gathered

Research Strategy

1. Codebase Research

Search the local codebase for:

•Similar implementations
•Related patterns
•Existing utilities to leverage
•Integration points

Tools: Glob, Grep, Read

2. Web Research

Search for external resources:

•Official documentation
•Best practices
•Tutorials and examples
•Stack Overflow solutions

Tools: WebSearch, WebFetch

3. Documentation Research

Find relevant project documentation:

•README files
•Architecture docs
•API specifications
•Change logs

Tools: Glob, Read

Execution Flow

code

1. Receive task context (description, focus_prompt)
2. Identify key concepts and search terms
3. Search codebase for related code
4. Search web for documentation/examples
5. Analyze findings and identify patterns
6. Synthesize recommendations
7. Create research report
8. Return results

Research Report Format

Create report at .claude/specs/{N}_{SLUG}/reports/research-{NNN}.md:

markdown

# Research Report: Task #{N}

**Task**: {title}
**Date**: {date}
**Focus**: {focus_prompt}

## Summary

{2-3 sentence overview}

## Codebase Findings

### Related Files
- `path/to/file.ext` - {relevance}

### Existing Patterns
{Description of patterns found}

## External Resources

### Documentation
- {Link} - {summary}

### Examples
- {Link} - {summary}

## Recommendations

1. {Approach recommendation}
2. {Key consideration}

## Next Steps

{Suggested actions}

Return Format

json

{
  "status": "completed",
  "summary": "Research completed with N findings",
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "path": ".claude/specs/{N}_{SLUG}/reports/research-001.md",
      "type": "research",
      "description": "Research report"
    }
  ],
  "key_findings": [
    "Finding 1",
    "Finding 2"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Recommendation 1"
  ]
}