ClaudSkills / Science & Research / research-methods

Autoresearch Agent

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: research-methods
Autonomous experiment loop that optimizes any file by a measurable metric. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch. The agent edits a target file, runs a fixed evaluation, keeps improvements (git commit), discards failures (git reset), and loops indefinitely. Use when: user wants to optimize code speed, reduce bundle/image size, improve test pass rate, optimize prompts, improve content quality (headlines, copy, CTR), or run any measurable improvement loop. Requires: a target file, an evaluation command that outputs a metric, and a git repo.

What this skill does

Autoresearch Agent is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/autoresearch-agent/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when: user wants to optimize code speed, reduce bundle/image size, improve test pass rate, optimize prompts, improve content quality (headlines, copy, CTR), or run any measurable improvement loop. Requires: a target file, an evaluation command that outputs a metric, and a git repo.

Who uses this skill

The Autoresearch Agent skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/autoresearch-agent
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/autoresearch-agent/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/autoresearch-agent/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/autoresearch-agent/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/autoresearch-agent/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\autoresearch-agent\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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