Claude Code: Research
3 cases where people used Claude Code for Research.
Extend a family tree two generations with Claude Code and browser agents
Working from the family's archive scans, Claude Code with memory and the Claude browser plugin cross-checked church books, ship manifests and naturalization records, built a 300-page family wiki, and found two more generations in a day; the family is now checking it for errors.
Poster says:300-page family wiki
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Asked only about cmarkgfm, Claude Code found six other Python Markdown libraries by itself, benchmarked all seven and wrote a report with charts, in which cmarkgfm came out on top; the author notes they haven't been reviewing these reports in great detail.
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Using scraped HMRC manuals and legislation plus a CLAUDE.md that launches parallel subagents, Claude Code answered an ATT exam question in about 5 minutes, earning roughly 2.5 of 3 marks by the author's grading.
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