# research-coordinator

This subagent turns a broad research brief into specialist assignments and a coordination plan. Use it when a question spans several research disciplines.

- subagent · `type=agent` · Claude Code · 1673 installs
- Author: davila7
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/agents/deep-research-team/research-coordinator.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/agents/research-coordinator

## What it does

The agent assesses a brief and assigns work to academic, web, technical, and data researchers according to the evidence and expertise required. It also sets an iteration strategy, draws boundaries between tasks, and plans how findings should be combined and checked.

Its deliverable is a JSON plan with a strategy, researcher assignments, focus areas, integration steps, and success criteria. It prepares the work plan, not the finished research report. The listed specialists cover four distinct research roles.

Its configured tools are `Read`, `Write`, `Edit`, and `Task`. For a narrowly scoped question that needs no division of work, coordinating several specialists may add unnecessary planning.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **claude-code-templates**
```bash
npx claude-code-templates@latest --agent deep-research-team/research-coordinator
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/agents/research-coordinator.md` — For all projects use ~/.claude/agents/. Claude delegates by the description field or an @-mention

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.codex/agents/research-coordinator.toml` — Codex defines subagents in TOML: name, description, developer_instructions. Move the Markdown text into developer_instructions by hand. For all projects use ~/.codex/agents/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/agents/research-coordinator.md` — Cursor also reads .claude/agents/

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/HEAD/cli-tool/components/agents/deep-research-team/research-coordinator.md

## When to use it
- Split a broad research brief into distinct lines of inquiry
- Assign source gathering to researchers with matching expertise
- Plan research rounds and combine findings
- Set coverage and fact-checking criteria

## Example prompts
- Plan research on AI's economic effects on jobs and assign work to the right specialists.
- Break down a study of quantum computing in healthcare and explain how to merge the findings.
- Create a JSON research plan with task boundaries, iterations, and validation criteria.

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