Research
Online research for a macOS app before building it, run as parallel researcher...
Install
npx skills add daveebbelaar/bama --skill research -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- daveebbelaar/bama1.3k
- Category
- Writing
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 944 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Online research for a macOS app before building it, run as parallel researcher subagents, saved to docs/research/. Use when the user asks what to build, which features matter, how the best apps in a category work, how a macOS API or integration works, or wants a feature comparison.
Research
Research answers three questions before code exists: what the best apps in
the category do, what users love and hate about them, and how macOS lets
you build it. The output feeds app-brief and user-stories.
1. Frame
Write the question in one line, and the decision it informs ("which features go in version one", "Carbon hotkeys or an event tap"). If the user gave only a category, the question is "what makes the best <category> app on the Mac".
2. Fan out
Start one subagent per track, in parallel, with the brief below. Pick the tracks that fit. Four is typical. Market and Reviews always run. Reviews covers many apps: give each subagent 3 or 4 apps, or the 600 words run out.
| Track | Finds |
|---|---|
| Market | The 5 to 8 best apps in the category, their price, platform, and headline features |
| Reviews | Per app: what people like and what they dislike, from App Store and Mac App Store reviews, Reddit, Hacker News, forums, and "switched from X" posts |
| Features | The full feature list of the 2 or 3 leaders, from docs, changelogs, and help pages |
| Design | Screens, interaction details, and keyboard shortcuts of the leaders |
| Platform | The macOS APIs, permissions, and limits each feature needs, and what other apps on this Mac already use (global shortcuts, URL schemes, bundle ids) |
Subagent brief (fill in the brackets):
