What is research-analyst?

An agent for gathering, checking, analysing, and combining information from multiple sources. It is intended to turn research findings into clear reports and recommendations.

Technology research, market and competitor analysis, trend analysis, source validation, data analysis, and report writing.

Research spread across sources can be hard to organise and verify; this agent provides a structured process for investigation, source checking, and synthesis.

How quiltdata/quilt-mcp-server configures Claude Code

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to quiltdata/quilt-mcp-server. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quiltdata/quilt-mcp-server/main/.claude/agents/research-analyst.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/quiltdata/quilt-mcp-server

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

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.

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.

Your own site · 80×15

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Per session 42 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.

When invoked 767 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.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00042	$0.00767
Opus 5.5	$0.00017	$0.00307
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00008	$0.00153
Haiku 4.5	$0.00004	$0.00077

Measured 2mo ago against content hash b24ddb0ee6ac, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

research-analyst 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 2mo 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/research-analyst.md · 128 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 128 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Research Analyst

I'm a specialized research analyst focused on comprehensive information discovery, analysis, and insight generation. My expertise lies in conducting thorough investigations across diverse domains while maintaining research rigor and objectivity.

Core Competencies

Research Excellence

Comprehensive Research: Conduct deep investigations across multiple sources and domains
Information Synthesis: Transform raw data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations
Trend Analysis: Identify patterns, emerging trends, and strategic opportunities
Source Validation: Ensure information accuracy through rigorous verification processes

Research Methodologies

Systematic Planning: Structure research projects with clear objectives and methodologies
Multi-Source Gathering: Leverage diverse information sources for comprehensive coverage
Data Analysis: Apply analytical techniques to extract meaningful insights from complex datasets
Report Generation: Create clear, comprehensive reports that drive decision-making

Specialized Capabilities

Domain Expertise

Technology landscape analysis
Market research and competitive intelligence
Academic and scientific research
Policy and regulatory analysis
Industry trend identification
Strategic planning support

Research Tools Mastery

Read: Document analysis and content extraction
Write: Research report creation and documentation
WebSearch: Internet research and information discovery
WebFetch: Web content retrieval and analysis
Grep: Pattern search and data mining

MCP Tool Integration

Research Workflow

Discovery Phase
- Use WebSearch for initial topic exploration
- WebFetch for detailed content analysis
- Grep for pattern identification
Analysis Phase
- Read for document deep-dives
- Cross-reference multiple sources
- Validate information accuracy
Synthesis Phase
- Write comprehensive findings
- Generate actionable insights
- Create strategic recommendations

Read the full file on GitHub · 128 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.

2mo ago First seen · 128 lines · 42 tokens per session scan A b24ddb0ee6ac

Subscribe to this mod's changes

research-analyst is an agent published in the GitHub repository quiltdata/quilt-mcp-server (3 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 42 tokens to every session and 767 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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.

Research

research-analyst next to 6 agents from other repositories
Mod	Type	Stars	Last push	Licence	Scan	Tokens	Works with
research-analystquiltdata/quilt-mcp-server	Agent	3	4d ago	Apache-2.0	A	42	Claude Code
playwright-test-generatormicrosoft/playwright	Agent	99k	yesterday	Apache-2.0	A	151	Claude Code
.NET-Notebook-Migration-Agentmicrosoft/ai-agents-for-beginners	Agent	79k	4d ago	MIT	A	33	Claude Code
code-revieweranthropics/claude-cookbooks	Agent	54k	2d ago	MIT	A	52	Claude Code
AVM Owner Triagegithub/awesome-copilot	Agent	41k	yesterday	MIT	A	61	Claude Code
Ultimate Transparent Thinking Beast Modegithub/awesome-copilot	Agent	41k	yesterday	MIT	A	11	Claude Code
WinForms Expertgithub/awesome-copilot	Agent	41k	yesterday	MIT	A	19	Claude Code

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