agent-development
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create an agent", "add an agent", "write a subagent", "agent frontmatter", "when to use description", "agent examples", "agent tools", "agent colors", "autonomous agent", or needs guidance on agent structure, system prompts, triggering conditions, or agent development best practices for Claude Code plugins.
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- Agent Development for Claude Code Plugins
- Overview
- Agent File Structure
- Complete Format
- Frontmatter Fields
- name (required)
- description (required)
- model (required)
Agents are autonomous subprocesses that handle complex, multi-step tasks independently. Understanding agent structure, triggering conditions, and system prompt design enables creating powerful autonomous capabilities. Key concepts: Agents are FOR autonomous work, commands are FOR user-initiated actions Markdown file format with YAML frontmatter Triggering via description field with examples System prompt defines agent behavior Model and color customization Agent identifier used for namespacing and invocation. Format: lowercase, numbers, hyphens only Length: 3-50 characters Pattern: Must start and end with alphanumeric Good examples: code-reviewer test-generator api-docs-writer security-analyzer Bad examples: helper (too generic) -agent- (starts/ends with hyphen) myagent (underscores not allowed) ag (too short, blocks showing usage 3. Context, user request, and assistant response in each example 4. explaining why agent triggers Format: Best practices: Include 2-4 concrete examples Show proactive and reactive triggering Cover different phrasings of same intent Explain reasoning in commentary Be specific about when NOT to use the agent Which model the agent should use. Options: inheri
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- Source repository
- davila7/claude-code-templates
- Source file
- cli-tool/components/skills/development/agent-development/SKILL.md
- Fixed revision
- 21be197f100a12b8d0dd9a211cc244c8179f84d3
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