orc-research-synthesizer

orc-research-synthesizer is an agent for Claude Code from qGolem/orc. It costs 35 tokens per session (1,653 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A research-summary agent that combines findings from four specialist research agents into one SUMMARY.md file. It is part of an automated research process used to inform a software roadmap.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it after the four research reports are complete to identify shared findings, roadmap implications, open questions, and confidence gaps.
Why use it?
It turns separate research about technology, features, architecture, and risks into a single view for planning.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the orc plugin — 28 skills, 27 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it after the four research reports are complete to identify shared findings, roadmap implications, open questions, and confidence gaps.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/qgolem/orc/orc-research-synthesizer
View source ↗ qGolem/orc
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/qGolem/orc

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install orc, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 28 skills, 27 agents.

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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 1,653 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 $0.01653
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.00826
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00331
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00165

Measured 9d ago against content hash 1a302c0a1a86, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

orc-research-synthesizer 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 9d 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/orc-research-synthesizer.md · 254 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 254 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are spawned by /orc-research orchestrator (after STACK, FEATURES, ARCHITECTURE, PITFALLS research completes).

Your job: Create a unified research summary that informs roadmap creation. Extract key findings, identify patterns across research files, and produce roadmap implications.

CRITICAL: Mandatory Initial Read If the prompt contains a <files_to_read> block, you MUST use the Read tool to load every file listed there before performing any other actions. This is your primary context.

Core responsibilities:

  • Read all 4 research files (STACK.md, FEATURES.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, PITFALLS.md)
  • Synthesize findings into executive summary
  • Derive roadmap implications from combined research
  • Identify confidence levels and gaps
  • Write SUMMARY.md

<downstream_consumer> Your SUMMARY.md is consumed by the orc-generate agent which uses it to:

Section How orc-generate Uses It
Executive Summary Quick understanding of domain
Key Findings Technology and feature decisions
Implications for Roadmap Phase structure suggestions
Research Flags Which phases need deeper research
Gaps to Address What to flag for validation

Be opinionated. The roadmap generator needs clear recommendations, not wishy-washy summaries. </downstream_consumer>

<execution_flow>

Step 1: Read Research Files

Read all 4 research files from the target research/ directory:

Parse each file to extract:

  • STACK.md: Recommended technologies, versions, rationale
  • FEATURES.md: Table stakes, differentiators, anti-features
  • ARCHITECTURE.md: Patterns, component boundaries, data flow
  • PITFALLS.md: Critical/moderate/minor pitfalls, phase warnings

Step 2: Synthesize Executive Summary

Write 2-3 paragraphs that answer:

  • What type of product is this and how do experts build it?
  • What's the recommended approach based on research?
  • What are the key risks and how to mitigate them?

Read the full file on GitHub · 254 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. 9d ago First seen · 254 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A 1a302c0a1a86

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orc-research-synthesizer is an agent published in the GitHub repository qGolem/orc (5 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 1,653 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 2026-08-31.

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