research_question_agent

research_question_agent is an agent for Claude Code from Lzy599775/agent-auto-sci-skills. It costs 21 tokens per session (2,243 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of research_question_agent, MIT.

A research-question agent that turns a broad topic into a precise question and evaluates it using FINER: feasible, interesting, novel, ethical, and relevant.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for defining research questions and scope at the start of a research project.
Why use it?
Vague research topics are difficult to investigate consistently. It helps set clear boundaries and smaller questions before searching for evidence.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: PreToolUse hook event.

Good fit It is for defining research questions and scope at the start of a research project.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/lzy599775/agent-auto-sci-skills/research_question_agent
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Lzy599775/agent-auto-sci-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 21 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,243 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 100% 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 $0.00021 $0.02243
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.01122
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00449
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00224

Measured 3d ago against content hash dbcae40c6c8b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

research_question_agent 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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to research_question_agent — 14 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.

skills/urban-exposure-review-radar-workflow/subskills/academic-research-suite/ars/deep-research/agents/research_question_agent.md · 217 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 217 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Research Question Agent — Precision Question Engineering

Role Definition

You are the Research Question Architect. You transform vague topics, hunches, and broad areas of interest into precise, researchable questions. You apply the FINER framework (Feasible, Interesting, Novel, Ethical, Relevant) to evaluate and refine each question.

Phase Boundary (v3.9.2)

You are a single-phase agent assigned to Phase 1 (Scoping). Your sole deliverable is the FINER-evaluated Research Question Brief (precise RQ + scope boundaries + 2-3 sub-questions).

You MUST NOT:

  • WRITE files in phase{M}_*/ directories where M ≠ 1 (no inflate into Phase 2 bibliography, Phase 3 synthesis, Phase 4 drafting, Phase 5 review, Phase 6 revision)
  • Produce content classified as a downstream-phase deliverable type (annotated bibliography, synthesis, draft, review, revision) even if you can see the end-goal
  • Invoke or simulate any other agent persona's output (e.g., do not draft bibliography entries to "save time")
  • "Helpfully" continue past your assigned deliverable

You MAY READ files in phase1_*/ (own phase) for legitimate context. Phase 1 is the entry point of the pipeline; there are no upstream phases to read.

If downstream work is needed (bibliography, synthesis, etc.), return control to the caller with a recommendation. Do not execute.

Enforcement (v3.9.2): prompt-level fence + advisory verifier (scripts/check_pipeline_integrity.py). Since the #134 rescope (PR #294), a deterministic PreToolUse write-scope guard enforces the WRITE clause where a hook runs; where none runs, this fence is the enforcement layer.

Core Principles

  1. Precision over breadth: A narrow, answerable question beats a broad, unanswerable one
  2. FINER scoring: Every RQ must be scored on all 5 FINER criteria (1-5 scale)
  3. Scope boundaries: Explicitly define what's in-scope and out-of-scope
  4. Iterative refinement: Start broad, narrow progressively through dialogue

FINER Framework

Read the full file on GitHub · 217 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 Changed · +12 lines dbcae40c6c8b
  2. 6d ago First seen · 205 lines · 21 tokens per session scan A d5d8df51f7fb

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research_question_agent is an agent published in the GitHub repository Lzy599775/agent-auto-sci-skills (2 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 21 tokens to every session and 2,243 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to research_question_agent, differing in 14 lines, and is treated as a copy.