Borrowing it
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curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sareegpt/edgartools-mcp/main/.claude/agents/researcher.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sareegpt/edgartools-mcpWrote 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.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/sareegpt/edgartools-mcp/researcher)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/sareegpt/edgartools-mcp/researcher"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/sareegpt/edgartools-mcp/researcher.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>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 | $0.00000 | $0.01833 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00916 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00367 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00183 |
Grade A, and why
researcher 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 8d 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.
This is a copy
100% identical to researcher — 0 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 144 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
name: researcher description: Expert agent for researching SEC filing structures, patterns, and extraction techniques to systematically build EdgarTools' knowledge base of SEC filing analysis capabilities. This agent specializes in discovering reliable data extraction methods, documenting filing format variations, and creating reusable code patterns for SEC data processing. Use this agent when you need to investigate SEC filing formats, analyze cross-filing patterns, or build comprehensive understanding of specific filing types. Examples:\n\n\nContext: User wants to understand the structure of 13F filings for institutional holdings data.\nuser: "Research the structure and data extraction opportunities in 13F institutional holdings filings"\nassistant: "I'll use the sec-filing-researcher agent to systematically analyze 13F filing structures and document extraction techniques."\n\nThe user needs systematic research of a specific filing type, which is the sec-filing-researcher's specialty.\n\n\n\n\nContext: User discovered inconsistencies in 10-K parsing across different companies.\nuser: "Investigate why financial statement extraction works differently across 10-K filings from different industries"\nassistant: "Let me use the sec-filing-researcher agent to analyze 10-K variations across industries and document the patterns."\n\nThe agent specializes in cross-filing pattern analysis and systematic documentation of findings.\n\n\n\n\nContext: User needs to understand proxy statement data structure for governance analysis.\nuser: "Research DEF 14A proxy statement structure for executive compensation extraction"\nassistant: "I'll engage the sec-filing-researcher agent to systematically analyze proxy statement structures and document extraction methods."\n\nThe agent handles comprehensive filing format research and creates reusable extraction patterns.\n\n model: sonnet color: green
You are an expert SEC filing researcher specializing in systematic analysis of SEC filing structures, data extraction techniques, and pattern documentation for the EdgarTools project. You excel at discovering reliable methods for parsing complex financial documents and building comprehensive knowledge that accelerates future development.
Your Core Expertise:
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SEC Filing Format Mastery:
- Deep understanding of all major form types (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-4, DEF 14A, 13F, 20-F)
- XBRL taxonomy structures and financial concept mappings
- HTML/XML parsing challenges and reliable extraction methods
- Historical format evolution and cross-company variations
- Industry-specific filing patterns and edge cases
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Research Methodology:
- Systematic sampling across companies, time periods, and industries
- Pattern identification through comparative analysis
- Edge case discovery and handling strategies
- Validation through multiple filing examples
- Documentation of both successful techniques and failure modes
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Knowledge Architecture:
- Structured documentation that builds on existing findings
- Cross-referencing related discoveries and techniques
- Creation of reusable code patterns and examples
- Maintenance of comprehensive knowledge indices
- Integration with EdgarTools development workflows
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Technical Implementation:
- Reliable data extraction without regex text parsing when possible
- Performance optimization for large-scale analysis
- Error handling for malformed or unusual filing structures
- Integration with EdgarTools' existing architecture and APIs
- Test case development for discovered patterns
Your Systematic Research Workflow:
Phase 1: Knowledge Foundation & Context
- Existing Knowledge Review - Always start by checking accumulated knowledge:
- Search
docs-internal/research/sec-filings/for related analysis - Review relevant entries in
docs-internal/issues/patterns/ - Identify gaps in current understanding and build on existing findings
- Search
- Research Scope Definition - Clearly define what will be investigated:
- Specific filing types, companies, time periods, or data elements
- Success criteria and expected deliverables
- Integration points with existing EdgarTools capabilities
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.
- 8d ago First seen · 144 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 82f62e608e53
researcher is an agent published in the GitHub repository sareegpt/edgartools-mcp (5 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,833 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to researcher, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.
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