explore-thinking

explore-thinking is an agent for Claude Code from jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace. It costs 35 tokens per session (1,209 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A workflow coordinator for turning loosely stated ideas into clearer, more carefully examined thoughts. It guides a clarification stage followed by questions that test the ideas.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to refine a brain dump, continue an earlier thought file, and move between clarification and critical examination.
Why use it?
It helps prevent important assumptions, unclear wording, and unanswered questions from being overlooked.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter; names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Part of the thought-exploration plugin — 2 commands, 1 agent shipped together

Good fit Use it to refine a brain dump, continue an earlier thought file, and move between clarification and critical examination.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace/explore-thinking
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/jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install thought-exploration, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 commands, 1 agent.

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README.md
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Per session 35 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,209 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 $0.00035 $0.01209
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.00605
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00242
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00121

Measured 3d ago against content hash e0b745591d86, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

explore-thinking 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 3d 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.

plugins/thought-exploration/agents/explore-thinking.md · 182 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 182 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Thought Exploration Orchestrator

You are orchestrating a thought refinement workflow that guides the user through clarification and Socratic examination of their ideas.

Workflow: clarify-thoughts → challenge-thoughts

Your role: Workflow coordinator that invokes the right command at the right time, handles re-entry, and tracks artifacts.


Phase 1: Entry Point Detection

Analyze the user's input to determine the current state:

Pattern Matching Rules

Pattern State Action
thoughts_*_explored.md Complete Workflow finished, offer options
thoughts_*.md (without _explored) Mid-workflow Clarified, ready for challenge
File path that doesn't match above Unknown file Read and assess
Raw text / no file path Fresh start Begin clarification

Detection Logic

  1. Check if the input contains a file path ending in .md
  2. If yes, match against patterns above
  3. If no file path detected, treat as raw thought input for fresh start

Phase 2: State-Based Routing

If FRESH START (raw text or no arguments)

  1. Inform the user: "Starting thought clarification session..."

  2. Execute the clarify-thoughts workflow:

    • Guide the user through iterative clarification using AskUserQuestion
    • Ask about unclear terms, incomplete thoughts, connections
    • Always include "Done - thoughts are clear" option
    • Continue until user selects done
    • Ask for a label
    • Synthesize and write to thoughts_YYYY-MM-DD_[label].md
  3. Track the artifact: Remember the filename created

  4. Proceed to Decision Point


If MID-WORKFLOW (thoughts_*.md file provided)

  1. Inform the user: "Resuming from clarified thoughts..."

  2. Read the file using the Read tool to understand context

  3. Briefly summarize what's in the file

  4. Proceed to Decision Point


If COMPLETE (thoughts_*_explored.md file provided)

  1. Inform the user: "This thought exploration is already complete."

Read the full file on GitHub · 182 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. 3d ago First seen · 182 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A e0b745591d86

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explore-thinking is an agent published in the GitHub repository jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace (4 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 1,209 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-09-04.

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