agtx-research

agtx-research is a skill for Claude Code from fynnfluegge/agtx. It costs 41 tokens per session (365 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A read-only research step for exploring a codebase before planning a coding task. Its findings are saved in `.agtx/research.md`.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to locate relevant files, understand how the code fits together, assess the size of a change, and record questions that need answers before implementation.
Why use it?
It separates understanding the existing code from changing it, reducing the risk of planning around incorrect assumptions. The step stops after documenting what it found.

Skill for Claude Code

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

Part of the agtx plugin — 7 skills, 1 command, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it to locate relevant files, understand how the code fits together, assess the size of a change, and record questions that need answers before implementation.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/fynnfluegge/agtx/agtx-research
About the project

agtx is a terminal-based shared workspace where multiple coding agents coordinate through a task board. Developers use it to delegate work, run agents in parallel across git worktrees, and move tasks through different workflow phases.

fynnfluegge/agtx · 1,503 stars · on GitHub

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.

Any agent
npx skills add fynnfluegge/agtx --skill agtx-research
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fynnfluegge/agtx

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install agtx, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 7 skills, 1 command, 1 MCP server.

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README.md
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Per session 41 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 365 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
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 $0.00041 $0.00365
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00182
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00073
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00036

Measured 11d ago against content hash 76cd89c4d941, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

agtx-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 11d 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/agtx-terse/skills/agtx-research/SKILL.md · 54 lines

What it actually says

Research Phase

You are in the research phase of an agtx-managed task. This is a read-only exploration.

Input

The argument to this command is a task ID. Fetch the task description using the agtx MCP tool:

mcp__agtx__get_task(task_id: "<the id passed to this command>")

Use the description field as the task to work on.

Instructions

  1. Fetch the task description via get_task
  2. Explore the codebase to find relevant files, patterns, and architecture
  3. Identify dependencies, related code, and potential complexity
  4. Assess feasibility and estimate scope

Output

Write your findings to .agtx/research.md. Include:

Relevant Files

Key files and their roles — what exists, what needs changing.

Architecture

How the relevant parts of the codebase fit together.

Complexity

Assessment of scope — simple change, moderate refactor, or major undertaking.

Open Questions

Things that need clarification before planning can begin.

CRITICAL: Do Not Modify Code

This is a read-only exploration:

  • Do NOT modify any source files
  • Do NOT create branches or worktrees
  • Do NOT start planning or implementing
  • Say: "Research complete. Findings written to .agtx/research.md."
  • Wait for further instructions

Output Style

Terse. No pleasantries. Fragments OK. Short synonyms. Code exact. Status updates: one line. Pattern: [what] [why]. Done.

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. 11d ago First seen · 54 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A 76cd89c4d941

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agtx-research is a skill published in the GitHub repository fynnfluegge/agtx (1,503 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 365 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 2026-08-30.