Research Tracker
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 10, 2026.
Overview
The skill is coherent for local research-agent tracking, but users should knowingly install the external CLI and supervise any long-running sub-agents and stored context.
Before installing, verify that you trust the external research CLI source, keep research-agent tasks narrowly scoped, monitor heartbeats and stop signals, and avoid storing secrets or highly sensitive material in the tracker database.
Findings (3)
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Installing the skill's companion CLI means trusting code from the referenced external repository or Homebrew tap.
The skill is instruction-only in registry metadata, but its documented setup depends on installing an external CLI, including an unpinned @latest Go install target.
brew tap 1645labs/tap brew install julians-research-tracker Or: `go install github.com/1645labs/julians-research-tracker/cmd/research@latest`
Install only if you trust the source; prefer a pinned version or reviewed release before using it for important research workflows.
A broadly scoped research task could continue consuming time or resources unless the user sets clear limits and monitors it.
The skill explicitly supports long-running sub-agent coordination and background research monitoring. This is purpose-aligned and disclosed, but it is a sensitive operating mode.
Use when spawning long-running research sub-agents, tracking multi-step investigations, coordinating agent handoffs, or monitoring background work.
Use explicit project objectives, time/resource limits, and the documented stop-signal and heartbeat mechanisms when spawning research agents.
Past logs, queued instructions, or inaccurate project context may affect future research-agent prompts.
The tracker stores persistent research events and can reinsert recent context into future prompts, so stale or incorrect logged instructions could influence later agent behavior.
SQLite at `~/.config/research-tracker/research.db` (WAL mode, append-only events). `context <id> [--last N]` | Truncated context for agent prompts
Review project context before reusing it, avoid logging secrets or sensitive private data, and archive or clean up projects when they are no longer needed.