Loam Research

Loam Research is an expansion pack for Loam. It combines guidance for clear technical prose with a complete data-visualization skill, including chart selection, visual design, accessibility, interaction, typography, a house palette, and exportable reference assets.

Loam Research installs independently. Pair it with Loam for broader codebase and internet-research workflows.

Install

Loam Research ships one canonical skills/ tree to Agent Plugins clients, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Pi.

Agent Plugins

Install this repository with any client that supports the Agent Plugins format.

Claude Code

Through the Loam marketplace:

/plugin marketplace add rhizomatous/loam
/plugin install loam-research@loam

Or add this repository directly and install loam-research@loam-research.

Codex

codex plugin marketplace add rhizomatous/loam
codex plugin add loam-research@loam

OpenCode

Add the npm package to opencode.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "plugin": ["@vivshaw/loam-research"]
}

Pi

pi install git:github.com/rhizomatous/loam-research
# or...
pi install npm:@vivshaw/loam-research

Contents

• prose-writing-for-a-technical-audience: Direct, precise technical writing for documents, explanations, and durable prose.
• visualizing-data: Chart selection, design, color, typography, accessibility, interaction, implementation, and export guidance with validation scripts and reference assets.

Each skill and its supporting resources live under skills/.

Development

See docs/CONTRIBUTING.md.

Credits

Loam Research is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

• Material adapted from obra/superpowers retains its MIT license notice.
• Material adapted from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins retains its CC BY-SA 4.0 license notice.
• The bundled Inter typeface is covered by its adjacent SIL OFL 1.1 license.