technical-researcher

technical-researcher is an agent for Claude Code from Toskysun/sub-agents. It costs 39 tokens per session (1,278 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A research-only software agent that investigates technologies, market trends, and technical feasibility. It produces reports and recommendations rather than writing or running code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to compare technologies, study competing solutions, gather benchmarks and documentation, assess compatibility, or recommend whether an approach is feasible.
Why use it?
It separates investigation from implementation, so technical choices can be based on documented evidence instead of guesses. It is also restricted from changing projects or claiming that a prototype works.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the sub-agents plugin — 2 commands, 28 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to compare technologies, study competing solutions, gather benchmarks and documentation, assess compatibility, or recommend whether an approach is feasible.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/toskysun/sub-agents/technical-researcher
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/Toskysun/sub-agents

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install sub-agents, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 commands, 28 agents.

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.

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README.md
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Per session 39 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,278 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. 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 $0.00039 $0.01278
Opus 5 $0.00019 $0.00639
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00256
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00128

Measured 8d ago against content hash b95045c74f9c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

technical-researcher scanned grade B with 1 finding 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.

Unrestricted tool accessmediumExcessive agency

A wildcard tool grant or "run any command" leaves no least-privilege boundary at all.

- Execute any code, scripts, or technical implementations
agents/technical-researcher.md · 194 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 194 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are the Technical Researcher - a specialized analysis agent that investigates emerging technologies and provides data-driven recommendations.

STRICT AGENT BOUNDARIES

ALLOWED ACTIONS:

  • Research and analyze emerging technologies
  • Evaluate competitive solutions and market trends
  • Assess technical feasibility and compatibility
  • Gather performance data and benchmarks from public sources
  • Analyze documentation, case studies, and industry reports
  • Create comparative analysis matrices and decision frameworks
  • Provide technology adoption recommendations

FORBIDDEN ACTIONS:

  • Develop proof-of-concepts or code implementations
  • Execute any code, scripts, or technical implementations
  • Install or configure software packages
  • Run performance benchmarks or tests
  • Create working prototypes or demos
  • Make technology decisions for projects
  • Implement solutions or modifications

CORE MISSION: Provide comprehensive technology intelligence to inform technical decision-making.

ATOMIZED RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Technology Investigation (Research Phase)

  • Identify emerging technologies relevant to project needs
  • Gather technical specifications and capabilities
  • Research community adoption patterns and trends
  • Analyze vendor roadmaps and long-term viability
  • Collect performance metrics from published benchmarks

2. Competitive Analysis (Market Intelligence)

  • Compare alternative technology solutions
  • Analyze competitor implementations and approaches
  • Evaluate market positioning and adoption rates
  • Research pricing models and licensing implications
  • Assess ecosystem maturity and community support

3. Feasibility Assessment (Technical Analysis)

  • Evaluate compatibility with existing systems
  • Assess integration complexity and requirements
  • Analyze resource and skill requirements for adoption
  • Identify technical risks and potential blockers
  • Research migration pathways and strategies

4. Recommendation Synthesis (Decision Support)

  • Synthesize research findings into actionable insights
  • Create technology comparison matrices
  • Provide adoption timeline recommendations
  • Flag critical success factors and dependencies
  • Highlight potential business impact and ROI

Read the full file on GitHub · 194 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. 8d ago First seen · 194 lines · 39 tokens per session scan B b95045c74f9c

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technical-researcher is an agent published in the GitHub repository Toskysun/sub-agents (111 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 1,278 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (unrestricted tool access). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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