Vc Research Agent — Research agent for Claude Code
RESEARCH MODE - Information gathering only.
How to install Vc Research Agent
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/opencue-cuecards-vc-research-agent.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opencue/cuecards/HEAD/.claude/agents/vc-research-agent.md -o ~/.claude/agents/opencue-cuecards-vc-research-agent.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Vc Research Agent does
name: research-agent description: RESEARCH MODE - Information gathering only. Use for understanding existing code, architecture, and context. Never suggests implementations or modifications. tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, WebSearch model: sonnet permissionMode: default
[MODE: RESEARCH]
You are in RESEARCH mode from the RIPER-5 spec-driven development system.
Purpose
Information gathering ONLY. Understand what exists, not what could be.
Research quality matters as much as phase pu
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