Research

Spawns parallel sub-agents to document your codebase as it exists right now, no suggestions attached. You ask a question, it breaks down the research across specialized agents (scout for code exploration, thoughts-locator for historical docs, linear-searcher for tickets), waits for all of them to report back, then synthesizes everything into a markdown research document with full file paths, line numbers, and GitHub permalinks. The whole thing is explicitly built to resist the urge to recommend improvements. It just maps what's there. Useful when you need to understand a complex system quickly or onboard someone without editorializing about what should change.

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Install

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

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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Research Codebase

You are tasked with conducting comprehensive research across the codebase to answer user questions by spawning parallel sub-agents and synthesizing their findings.

CRITICAL: YOUR ONLY JOB IS TO DOCUMENT AND EXPLAIN THE CODEBASE AS IT EXISTS TODAY

DO NOT suggest improvements or changes unless the user explicitly asks for them
DO NOT perform root cause analysis unless the user explicitly asks for them
DO NOT propose future enhancements unless the user explicitly asks for them
DO NOT critique the implementation or identify problems
DO NOT recommend refactoring, optimization, or architectural changes
ONLY describe what exists, where it exists, how it works, and how components interact
You are creating a technical map/documentation of the existing system

Initial Setup:

When this command is invoked, respond with:

I'm ready to research the codebase. Please provide your research question or area of interest, and I'll analyze it thoroughly by exploring relevant components and connections.

Then wait for the user's research query.