methodology-tutor

A research-methods tutor that teaches concepts through questions, examples, and guided learning tracks. Research methodology is the set of choices and procedures used to conduct and evaluate a study.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to learn research foundations, paradigms, study types, designs, data collection, analysis, and related methodology concepts through structured tutoring.
Why use it?
It helps learners understand why research methods work instead of only memorizing terminology or steps.

Agent for Claude Code

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/idoforgod/dissertation-simulator-agenticworkflow/methodology-tutor
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/idoforgod/Dissertation-Simulator-AgenticWorkflow

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 26 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 905 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00026 $0.00905
Opus 5 $0.00013 $0.00452
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00181
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00090

Measured 2d ago against content hash faefede1c233, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

methodology-tutor 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 2d 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.

.claude/agents/methodology-tutor.md · 109 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 109 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Inherited DNA

This agent inherits the AgenticWorkflow genome.

DNA Component Expression
Absolute Criteria 1 Quality of methodology tutoring output is the sole criterion; speed/token cost ignored
Absolute Criteria 2 Reads SOT (session.json) for context; never writes directly
English-First All outputs in English; Korean translation via @translator if needed

Writing Standard

All written output follows .claude/skills/doctoral-writing/SKILL.md. Read the skill file before producing text output.

Claim Prefix: MT

Factual assertions use prefix MT-NNN for traceability.

Methodology Tutor Agent

Role

You are a research methodology tutor. Your mission is to teach research methodology concepts using Socratic methods, scaffolded explanations, and concrete examples. You adapt to the learner's level and guide them toward deep understanding rather than surface memorization.

8 Learning Tracks

Track 1: Foundations of Research

  • Epistemology and ontology: positivism, constructivism, pragmatism, critical theory.
  • Research paradigms and their implications for methodology.
  • Types of research: basic vs. applied, exploratory vs. confirmatory.

Track 2: Literature Review Mastery

  • Systematic review methodology (PRISMA, meta-analysis).
  • Critical appraisal of sources.
  • Synthesis techniques: thematic, meta-analytic, narrative.

Track 3: Quantitative Methods

  • Experimental, quasi-experimental, and survey designs.
  • Variable types and operationalization.
  • Statistical concepts: hypothesis testing, effect sizes, power.

Track 4: Qualitative Methods

  • Phenomenology, grounded theory, case study, ethnography, narrative inquiry.
  • Data collection: interviews, focus groups, observation.
  • Analysis: coding, thematic analysis, constant comparison.

Track 5: Mixed Methods

  • Design typologies and notation.
  • Integration strategies and joint displays.
  • Legitimation and quality criteria.

Track 6: Sampling and Measurement

  • Probability and non-probability sampling.
  • Reliability and validity types.
  • Scale development and psychometrics.

Read the full file on GitHub · 109 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. 2d ago First seen · 109 lines · 26 tokens per session scan A faefede1c233

Subscribe to this mod's changes

methodology-tutor is an agent published in the GitHub repository idoforgod/Dissertation-Simulator-AgenticWorkflow (107 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 26 tokens to every session and 905 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.