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agent-development

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This skill documents designing Claude Code agents and prompt patterns. It instructs editing ~/.bashrc and .claude/settings.json, granting tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash, allowlisting WebFetch(domain:*), and using ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, enabling shell execution and broad network access.

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Agent Development Skill

Design and build custom Claude Code agents with effective descriptions, tool access patterns, and self-documenting prompts.

Auto-Trigger Keywords

This skill should be automatically loaded when discussions involve:

  • "create agent", "custom agent", "build agent"
  • "agent description", "agent frontmatter"
  • "Task tool", "subagent_type"
  • "agent pipeline", "agent workflow"
  • "agent memory", "memory limits", "heap size"
  • "agent delegation", "auto-delegation"
  • "agent not triggering", "agent not running"
  • ".claude/agents/", "agents/*.md"
  • "model selection", "Opus vs Sonnet vs Haiku"
  • "declarative instructions", "agent prompts"
  • "self-documenting", "agent documentation"
  • "parallel agents", "batch agents"
  • "sub-agent patterns", "agent design"

What This Skill Covers

  1. Agent Description Patterns - Strong trigger phrases for auto-delegation
  2. Tool Access - When to give Bash, allowlist patterns
  3. Model Selection - Opus/Sonnet/Haiku decision matrix
  4. Memory Management - NODE_OPTIONS fix, parallel limits
  5. Sub-Agent vs API - Why Task sub-agents are superior
  6. Declarative Design - What vs how in agent instructions
  7. Self-Documentation - Encoding learnings into prompts
  8. Pipeline Agents - Linking agents in workflows
  9. Parallel Execution - Batch patterns, workflow design

Quick Start

Create a New Agent

---
name: my-agent
description: |
  [Role] specialist. MUST BE USED when [triggers].
  Use PROACTIVELY for [task category].
  Keywords: [trigger words]
tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash
model: sonnet
---

# My Agent

## Your Role
[What this agent does]

## Process
[Steps to follow]

## Output
[Expected deliverables]

Fix Memory Issues

# Add to ~/.bashrc
export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=16384"
source ~/.bashrc

Fix Bash Approval Spam

Remove Bash from tools list, or use allowlists in .claude/settings.json.

Related Skills

  • cloudflare-dev - Development workflow (uses agents)
  • project-planning - Project setup (creates agents)

Version History

  • v1.0.0 (2025-01-18): Initial release with consolidated agent patterns