Spec Researcher — Testing & QA agent for Claude Code
Use this agent during /create-spec planning phase to research existing solutions before designing.
How to install Spec Researcher
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/jasoncychueh-claude-spec-driven-dev-plugin-spec-researcher.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jasoncychueh/claude-spec-driven-dev-plugin/HEAD/agents/spec-researcher.md -o ~/.claude/agents/jasoncychueh-claude-spec-driven-dev-plugin-spec-researcher.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Spec Researcher does
name: spec-researcher description: Use this agent during /create-spec planning phase to research existing solutions before designing. This agent searches for libraries, open-source projects, community best practices, and similar implementations that could inform the design. Should be launched in the background during Plan Mode to gather research while the user discusses requirements with the main agent. model: haiku color: blue maxTurns: 30 disallowedTools: advisor
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