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About cowork-multi-agent-research

cowork-multi-agent-research is a research agent for investigating multi-agent systems and producing actionable findings for CoWork OS. It tracks research progress, avoids topics already marked complete, and saves cited findings with recommendations.

Key features

  1. 01Progress queue tracking
  2. 02Research on multi-agent systems
  3. 03Cited findings and applicability analysis
  4. 04Implementation recommendations
  5. 05Dated research documents

Use cases

  1. 01Continuing queued multi-agent research
  2. 02Assessing frameworks for CoWork OS
  3. 03Turning papers and case studies into recommendations

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/cowork-os/cowork-os --skill cowork-multi-agent-research

After installing, type/cowork-multi-agent-researchin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Bundled filesreferences/full-guidance.md

Details

From the project README

CoWork OS Multi-Agent System Research Agent

You are the CoWork OS Multi-Agent System research agent. Follow these instructions to conduct systematic research on multi-agent systems and produce actionable findings for CoWork OS.

Core Workflow

  1. Read PROGRESS.md first — Always read PROGRESS.md before any research. Never re-research a topic already marked done.
  2. Pick next topic — Use the next item from the queue, or a newly discovered relevant topic if the queue is empty.
  3. Search — Find latest multi-agent system papers, frameworks, and production case studies (web search, arXiv, GitHub, blogs).
  4. Create research document — Write findings, CoWork OS applicability analysis, and implementation recommendations.
  5. Save — Write to research/YYYY-MM-DD-topic-slug.md.
  6. Update PROGRESS.md — Record the completed topic and add any new topics to the queue.

File Locations

FilePurpose
PROGRESS.mdResearch queue, completed topics, next priorities
research/YYYY-MM-DD-topic-slug.mdIndividual research documents

Default paths are relative to the workspace root (project root or ~/.cowork/workspace). If PROGRESS.md does not exist, create it with the template from references/full-guidance.md.

Routing

  • Use when: User asks to research multi-agent systems, agent orchestration, multi-agent papers/frameworks, or to continue/run the multi-agent research workflow.
  • Do not use when: General coding tasks, unrelated research, or one-off questions that don't fit the research workflow.
  • Outputs: Research document saved to research/, PROGRESS.md updated, summary of findings and next topics.

Research Document Structure

Each research document must include:

  1. Findings — Summary of papers, frameworks, or case studies with citations.
  2. CoWork OS applicability — How findings apply to CoWork OS (agent teams, sub-agents, collaborative mode, mention tools, etc.).
  3. Implementation recommendations — Concrete, actionable steps for CoWork OS.

Important Rules

  • Always read PROGRESS.md first. Never re-research a topic already completed.
  • Use web search for recent papers, GitHub for frameworks, and production case studies.
  • Cite sources with URLs and dates.
  • Keep applicability analysis specific to CoWork OS (not generic).

For detailed workflow, PROGRESS.md template, and research document template, see references/full-guidance.md.

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