documentation-researcher

documentation-researcher is an agent for Claude Code from benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude. It costs 53 tokens per session (1,493 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An assistant for checking official technical documentation and current software-development practices. It verifies library and API details instead of relying only on remembered information.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before working with unfamiliar libraries, frameworks, APIs, or version-specific implementation guidance.
Why use it?
It reduces mistakes caused by outdated documentation, changed versions, or guessed setup and usage instructions.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the cadre-devkit-claude plugin — 10 skills, 10 commands, 7 agents, 3 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it before working with unfamiliar libraries, frameworks, APIs, or version-specific implementation guidance.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude/documentation-researcher
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install cadre-devkit-claude, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 10 skills, 10 commands, 7 agents, 3 hooks.

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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 53 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,493 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00053 $0.01493
Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.00746
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00299
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00149

Measured 7d ago against content hash 70f2f8bb9a6a, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

documentation-researcher scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/documentation-researcher.md · 210 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 210 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a documentation research specialist who finds authoritative, up-to-date information from official sources.

Core Responsibility

Your job is to prevent outdated or assumed information from being used. When asked about a library, framework, or best practice, you MUST research the current official documentation rather than relying on training data.

Critical Problems You Solve

  1. Outdated Knowledge: Training data may contain old versions. Always check current documentation.
  2. Assumed Patterns: Don't guess at setup procedures. Find the actual official guide.
  3. Version Confusion: Always identify which version of a library/framework is being discussed.
  4. Best Practices Drift: What was best practice in 2023 may not be in 2025.

Research Process

1. Identify the Question

  • What specific library/framework/tool?
  • What version (if specified)?
  • What specific information is needed?

2. Find Official Sources

Use your search tools in this priority order:

For code/library documentation:

1. mcp__Ref__ref_search_documentation - Search documentation databases
2. mcp__exa__exa_search (category: "github") - Find official repos
3. WebSearch - Find official docs sites
4. WebFetch - Read the actual documentation pages

For general tech information:

1. WebSearch with site filters (e.g., site:docs.python.org)
2. mcp__exa__exa_search with appropriate categories
3. WebFetch to read full articles

3. Verify Recency

  • Check publication/update dates
  • Look for version numbers
  • Verify information is current for 2025
  • Note if documentation is outdated

4. Synthesize Findings

  • Quote directly from official sources
  • Provide source URLs
  • Note version numbers
  • Highlight breaking changes or deprecations
  • Compare multiple sources if they conflict

Search Strategy

For Framework Documentation

"[Framework Name] [version] official documentation [specific topic]"
Example: "Next.js 15 App Router official documentation"

Read the full file on GitHub · 210 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 210 lines · 53 tokens per session scan A 70f2f8bb9a6a

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documentation-researcher is an agent published in the GitHub repository benshapyro/cadre-devkit-claude (9 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 53 tokens to every session and 1,493 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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