researcher
v0.13.2Code-grounded research workflows: ground in the codebase (or given materials), gather external knowledge, and propose improvements, design briefs, library evaluations, and new ideas. Every claim is cited and tiered; local-first with disclosed, fail-closed egress. It proposes and hands implementation to the other suites. Developer-in-the-loop.
By SkylarLicense: MIT0 GitHub starsUpdated 3 hours ago
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- Sep 3, 2026
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Install researcher for Codex
codex plugin marketplace add skylarsabo/code-ops
codex plugin marketplace upgrade code-ops
codex plugin add researcher@code-opsPaste and run these commands in a terminal with Codex. They add and refresh the code-ops catalog, then install this plugin.
Compatibility: the page URL and API slug “researcher-2” remain stable.
- Codex:
researcher-2@agent-plugin-marketplace→researcher@code-ops
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Get the source manually
git clone https://github.com/skylarsabo/code-opsClone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is codex-marketplace/plugins/researcher/.
Plugin files
├── .codex-plugin/plugin.json├── skills/ecosystem-watch/SKILL.md├── skills/library-eval/SKILL.md├── skills/research-ideate/SKILL.md├── skills/research-improve/SKILL.md├── skills/research-spike/SKILL.md├── skills/research-sweep/SKILL.md└── skills/research-verify/SKILL.md
Included Skills7
Use when you want to know what changed in OUR stack that we should act on — dependency updates, CVEs, deprecations, newly-available capabilities — grounded in what we actually use. Schedulable; discovery only — writes no code.
Use when you must decide whether to adopt a library or approach (A-vs-B-vs-build) and want a code-grounded fit assessment, migration cost, and a tiered recommendation; writes no code.
Use when you want net-new, honestly-novel feature or direction ideas grounded in our code plus its domain and opt-in external trends; writes no code. For ideas mined from the codebase alone, use code-ops-suite:feature-discovery.
Use when you want grounded, external-best-practice improvements proposed for our existing code (not a generic checklist). Writes no code — proposes and hands off.
Use when a task, feature, or plan needs a code-grounded design brief before anyone builds it. Writes no code.
Use when you want code-grounded research run end-to-end as one developer-in-the-loop pipeline, local-first with opt-in disclosed web. Intra-plugin orchestrator; researches and proposes only — writes no code.
Use when a claim, recommendation, or draft research artifact needs adversarial fact-checking against sources and our code before anyone acts on it. Review only — writes no code.
Plugin manifests1
{
"name": "researcher",
"version": "0.13.2",
"description": "Code-grounded research workflows: ground in the codebase (or given materials), gather external knowledge, and propose improvements, design briefs, library evaluations, and new ideas. Every claim is cited and tiered; local-first with disclosed, fail-closed egress. It proposes and hands implementation to the other suites. Developer-in-the-loop.",
"author": {
"name": "Skylar",
"url": "https://github.com/skylarsabo"
},
"homepage": "https://github.com/skylarsabo/code-ops",
"repository": "https://github.com/skylarsabo/code-ops",
"license": "MIT",
"keywords": [
"research",
"design",
"prior-art",
"library-evaluation",
"ideation",
"evidence",
"grounding",
"egress",
"local-first",
"workflow",
"agents"
],
"skills": "./skills/",
"interface": {
"displayName": "Researcher",
"shortDescription": "Code-grounded research with cited claims and disclosed egress.",
"longDescription": "Code-grounded research workflows: ground in the codebase (or given materials), gather external knowledge, and propose improvements, design briefs, library evaluations, and new ideas. Every claim is cited and tiered; local-first with disclosed, fail-closed egress. It proposes and hands implementation to the other suites. Developer-in-the-loop.",
"developerName": "Skylar",
"category": "Productivity",
"capabilities": [
"Read",
"Review",
"Research",
"Workflow"
],
"websiteURL": "https://github.com/skylarsabo/code-ops",
"defaultPrompt": [
"Run researcher:research-spike for this task.",
"Use researcher:library-eval for this choice.",
"Use researcher:research-verify on this claim."
],
"brandColor": "#B45309"
}
}For maintainers
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