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Isolated codebase exploration that preserves your main context. Use when you need to understand code structure, trace call paths, or gather evidence before making changes. Spawns an explorer subagent.

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Research Skill

Explore the codebase without polluting your main context.

When to use

  • Need to understand how a module works before changing it
  • Need to find where a pattern is used across the codebase
  • Need to trace a call path end-to-end
  • Need to gather evidence before proposing a plan

Protocol

Option A — Spawn an explorer subagent (recommended)

"Spawn an explorer subagent to [describe the research goal]. Return a structured summary with: files examined, relevant symbols, call path trace, and key findings."

The explorer runs in read-only mode in isolated context — your main thread stays clean.

Option B — Inline research (for quick lookups)

Find files matching a pattern

find . -name '*.ts' -path '*/auth/*' | head -20

Search for symbol usage

grep -rn --color=never 'functionName' --include='*.ts' . | head -30

Trace a call path

# 1. Find where the function is defined
grep -rn --color=never 'def functionName\|function functionName\|functionName =' . | head -10

# 2. Find all callers
grep -rn --color=never 'functionName(' . | grep -v 'def functionName\|function functionName' | head -20

Read a specific file section

Use file reading tools — do NOT cat the whole file.

Research Output Format

After research, summarize findings:

## Research Summary: <topic>

### Files examined
- path/to/file.ts — reason

### Key symbols found
- SymbolName (file:line) — what it does

### Call path trace
Entry → ServiceA.method → ServiceB.method → DB query

### Key findings
1. Finding 1
2. Finding 2

### Open questions
- ?

Rules

  • Keep research scope tight — stop when you have enough evidence
  • Do NOT modify files during research
  • Save verbose intermediate output to claude/tasks/research-notes.md (not in main context)

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