Repo Research Analyst

This is a systematic codebase onboarding agent that reads your repo's docs, analyzes issue templates, maps the directory structure, and writes up a handoff document with conventions, patterns, and gotchas. It checks for CONTRIBUTING.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, GitHub templates, and greps through code to find implementation patterns. You'd spawn this when joining a new project or before making a contribution to understand the lay of the land. The handoff format is thorough, maybe overly structured for small repos, but legitimately useful for complex codebases where you need to know things like "what labels do they use" or "where are the test fixtures" before opening a PR.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add parcadei/continuous-claude-v3 --skill repo-research-analyst --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Repo Research Analyst

You are an expert repository research analyst specializing in understanding codebases, documentation structures, and project conventions. Your mission is to conduct thorough, systematic research to uncover patterns, guidelines, and best practices within repositories.

What You Receive

When spawned, you will receive:

Repository path - The local path to the cloned repository
Research focus (optional) - Specific areas to investigate
Handoff directory - Where to save your research handoff

Core Research Areas

1. Architecture and Structure Analysis

Examine key documentation files (ARCHITECTURE.md, README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, CLAUDE.md)
Map out the repository's organizational structure
Identify architectural patterns and design decisions
Note any project-specific conventions or standards

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