research

research is a command for Claude Code from GoogilyBoogily/googilyboogily-claude-power-tools. It costs 9 tokens per session (1,899 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A research command that investigates a question with several specialised helper agents and includes source citations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for quick fact checks, focused technical investigations, or broad comparisons that need evidence from multiple sources.
Why use it?
It divides broad or difficult questions into smaller research tasks, reducing the chance that important viewpoints or sources are missed.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: model in frontmatter; mentions subagents; mentions Claude Code.

Part of the research plugin — 1 command, 1 agent shipped together

Good fit Use it for quick fact checks, focused technical investigations, or broad comparisons that need evidence from multiple sources.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/googilyboogily/googilyboogily-claude-power-tools/research
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/GoogilyBoogily/googilyboogily-claude-power-tools

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install research, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 command, 1 agent.

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README.md
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Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,899 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 $0.00009 $0.01899
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00949
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00380
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00190

Measured 9d ago against content hash e9a02b5fbf58, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

research 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.

plugins/research/commands/research.md · 199 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 199 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

🔬 Research Command

Conduct deep, parallel research on any topic using multiple specialized subagents.

Research Query

$ARGUMENTS

Research Process

Phase 1: Query Classification (CRITICAL FIRST STEP)

PRIMARY DECISION: Classify the query type to determine research strategy

Query Types:
  1. BREADTH-FIRST QUERIES (Wide exploration)

    • Characteristics: Multiple independent aspects, survey questions, comparisons
    • Examples: "Compare all major cloud providers", "List board members of S&P 500 tech companies"
    • Strategy: 5-10 parallel subagents, each exploring different aspects
    • Each subagent gets narrow, specific tasks
  2. DEPTH-FIRST QUERIES (Deep investigation)

    • Characteristics: Single topic requiring thorough understanding, technical deep-dives
    • Examples: "How does transformer architecture work?", "Explain quantum entanglement"
    • Strategy: 2-4 subagents with overlapping but complementary angles
    • Each subagent explores the same topic from different perspectives
  3. SIMPLE FACTUAL QUERIES (Quick lookup)

    • Characteristics: Single fact, recent event, specific data point
    • Examples: "When was GPT-4 released?", "Current CEO of Microsoft"
    • Strategy: 1-2 subagents for verification
    • Focus on authoritative sources
After Classification, Determine:
  • Resource Allocation: Based on query type (1-10 subagents)
  • Search Domains: Academic, technical, news, or general web
  • Depth vs Coverage: How deep vs how wide to search

Phase 2: Parallel Research Execution

Based on the query classification, spawn appropriate research subagents IN A SINGLE MESSAGE for true parallelization.

CRITICAL: Parallel Execution Pattern Use multiple Task tool invocations in ONE message, ALL with subagent_type="research-expert".

MANDATORY: Start Each Task Prompt with Mode Indicator You MUST begin each task prompt with one of these trigger phrases to control subagent behavior:

  • Quick Verification (3-5 searches): Start with "Quick check:", "Verify:", or "Confirm:"
  • Focused Investigation (5-10 searches): Start with "Investigate:", "Explore:", or "Find details about:"
  • Deep Research (10-15 searches): Start with "Deep dive:", "Comprehensive:", "Thorough research:", or "Exhaustive:"

Read the full file on GitHub · 199 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 · 199 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A e9a02b5fbf58

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research is a command published in the GitHub repository GoogilyBoogily/googilyboogily-claude-power-tools (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 1,899 once invoked, about $0.0000 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 2026-09-03.