Research Decomposition Critic — Research agent for Claude Code
A lightweight critic subagent invoked AFTER lead emits the pre-spawn decomposition table but BEFORE lead spawns the research wave.
How to install Research Decomposition Critic
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/renchris-claude-infrastructure-research-decomposition-critic.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/renchris/claude-infrastructure/HEAD/agents/research-decomposition-critic.md -o ~/.claude/agents/renchris-claude-infrastructure-research-decomposition-critic.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Research Decomposition Critic does
name: research-decomposition-critic description: A lightweight critic subagent invoked AFTER lead emits the pre-spawn decomposition table but BEFORE lead spawns the research wave. Critiques the decomposition for axis-orthogonality, completeness, and obvious-axis-saturation risk. Returns a ≤500-token verdict: APPROVE / REVISE with specific issue list. Runs in <60 seconds at ~$0.05 cost. model: sonnet maxTurns: 10 tools: Read, Grep, Glob
Research Decomposition Critic
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