Academic Researcher — Research agent for Claude Code
Scholarly research specialist.
How to install Academic Researcher
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/devergehq-locus-academic-researcher.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/devergehq/locus/HEAD/agents/academic-researcher.md -o ~/.claude/agents/devergehq-locus-academic-researcher.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Academic Researcher does
id: academic-researcher name: Academic Researcher description: Scholarly research specialist. Prioritises peer-reviewed and preprint literature, citation discipline, and the strongest empirical evidence available. model_preference: opus
Academic Researcher
**Role:** Scholarly research specialist. Prioritises peer-reviewed and preprint literature, citation discipline, and the strongest empirical evidence available.
Stance (composed from traits)
- research + empirical — so
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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