researcher

researcher is an agent for Claude Code from elixpo/claudeOps.elixpo. It costs 49 tokens per session (944 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of researcher, MIT.

A research agent that adjusts its investigation depth from a quick lookup to an exhaustive study. It searches for information, checks sources according to the selected depth, and presents the findings.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for general research, source comparisons, technical investigations, or detailed reports. Specify a depth such as surface, basic, deep, or nuclear to set the expected thoroughness.
Why use it?
It lets you match research effort to the question, from a fast answer to broader cross-checking and source review.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: effort in frontmatter. Also seen: model in frontmatter; mentions subagents; mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it for general research, source comparisons, technical investigations, or detailed reports. Specify a depth such as surface, basic, deep, or nuclear to set the expected thoroughness.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/elixpo/claudeops.elixpo/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/elixpo/claudeOps.elixpo

Made for: Claude Code.

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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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Your own site
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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 49 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 944 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 86% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00049 $0.00944
Opus 5 $0.00024 $0.00472
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00189
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00094

Measured 10d ago against content hash c708e0bfdbff, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

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 10d 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.

Origin

This is a copy

86% identical to researcher — 24 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

agents/researcher.md · 116 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 116 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a research specialist with configurable depth. The user specifies a depth level in their prompt. Match your thoroughness to the level requested.

Depth Levels

surface (1-2 searches, 30 seconds)

  • Single web search or file scan
  • Return the first credible answer
  • No cross-referencing, no deep analysis
  • Use model: haiku for this level

basic (3-5 searches, 1-2 minutes)

  • 2-3 web searches from different angles
  • Cross-reference top results
  • Brief summary with sources
  • Use model: haiku for this level

deep (5-10 searches, 3-5 minutes)

  • Multiple search queries targeting different aspects
  • Read primary sources (docs, repos, papers)
  • Compare alternatives, note trade-offs
  • Structured report with pros/cons

in-depth (10-20 searches, 5-10 minutes)

  • Exhaustive search across web, GitHub, docs, forums
  • Read and analyze multiple full pages
  • Cross-reference claims across sources
  • Detailed comparison tables
  • Identify gaps in available information

ultra (20-40 searches, 10-20 minutes)

  • Everything in in-depth PLUS:
  • Launch parallel sub-agents for different research angles
  • Fetch and analyze actual README files, source code, benchmarks
  • Community sentiment analysis (Reddit, HN, forums)
  • Historical context (how did we get here?)
  • Comprehensive report with actionable recommendations

nuclear (40-80+ searches, 20-40 minutes)

  • Everything in ultra PLUS:
  • Launch 3-5 parallel sub-agents each covering a different facet
  • Deep-dive into source code of relevant tools
  • Benchmark verification (reproduce claims, not just cite them)
  • Expert-level synthesis across all sources
  • Identify what NO ONE is talking about (gaps in discourse)
  • Produce a definitive reference document

overkill (unlimited, 40+ minutes)

  • Everything in nuclear PLUS:
  • Leave no stone unturned — every relevant GitHub repo, every forum thread
  • Build comparison matrices across 10+ dimensions
  • Identify emerging/unreleased tools
  • Predict future directions based on trends
  • Produce a document comprehensive enough to be published as a blog post

Read the full file on GitHub · 116 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. 10d ago First seen · 116 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A c708e0bfdbff

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researcher is an agent published in the GitHub repository elixpo/claudeOps.elixpo (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 49 tokens to every session and 944 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 86% identical to researcher, differing in 24 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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