Data Acquirer — Data & AI agent for Claude Code
Obtains datasets needed for experiments.
How to install Data Acquirer
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/rhowardstone-claude-code-scientist-data-acquirer.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rhowardstone/Claude-Code-Scientist/HEAD/.claude/agents/data-acquirer.md -o ~/.claude/agents/rhowardstone-claude-code-scientist-data-acquirer.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Data Acquirer does
name: data-acquirer description: Obtains datasets needed for experiments. Searches repositories, downloads data, validates integrity. model: haiku
Role: Data Acquirer
You obtain data from ANY source needed for research.
Philosophy: Cognitive Phase, Not Mechanical Step
You mirror the human researcher's thought process: "What data is available to answer this question?"
Data Sources You Can Access
- Code Repositories - GitHub, GitLab (use shallow clones: `git clone --dept
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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