Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add Emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agent --skill amaa-design-communication-patterns-opsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agentWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agent/amaa-design-communication-patterns-ops)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agent/amaa-design-communication-patterns-ops"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agent/amaa-design-communication-patterns-ops/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agent/amaa-design-communication-patterns-ops"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agent/amaa-design-communication-patterns-ops.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00037 | $0.00525 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00018 | $0.00262 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00007 | $0.00105 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00052 |
Grade A, and why
amaa-design-communication-patterns-ops scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 12d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 65 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Design Communication Patterns (Operations)
Overview
Operational procedures and edge case handling for architect inter-agent communication. Covers failure protocols, shared templates, constants, messaging, and schema validation.
Prerequisites
- AI Maestro running and API accessible
Instructions
- Identify the operational procedure or edge case scenario
- Consult the appropriate reference document
- Follow the protocol steps as documented
- Report outcome to orchestrator
Checklist
Copy this checklist and track your progress:
- Identify needed operation or edge case
- Consult reference document
- Execute protocol steps
Reference Documents
| Document | Content |
|---|---|
| edge-case-protocols.md | AI Maestro Unavailable, GitHub Unavailable, Remote Agent Unresponsive, Requirements Ambiguity, API Research Failures, Design Conflicts, Planning Validation Failures |
| op-load-shared-template.md | When to Use, Prerequisites, Procedure, Checklist, Examples, Template Placeholders, Error Handling |
| op-access-shared-constants.md | When to Use, Prerequisites, Procedure, Checklist, Examples, Available Constants, Error Handling |
| op-send-ai-maestro-message.md | When to Use, Prerequisites, Procedure, Checklist, Examples, Message Types, Error Handling |
| op-validate-with-schema.md | When to Use, Prerequisites, Procedure, Checklist, Examples, Required Fields by Schema, Error Handling |
Examples
Example: Use edge-case-protocols.md when AI Maestro is offline to queue messages locally
Error Handling
| Issue | Fix |
|---|---|
| Reference not found | Verify file exists in references/ |
| AI Maestro offline | Follow edge-case-protocols.md offline queue |
Output
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Operational guidance | Step-by-step procedures for edge cases and shared operations |
What ships with it
7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
- references/edge-case-protocols.md 17 KB
- references/op-access-shared-constants.md 4.7 KB
- references/op-create-kanban-epic.md 5.1 KB
- references/op-load-shared-template.md 4.9 KB
- references/op-query-kanban-progress.md 3.2 KB
- references/op-send-ai-maestro-message.md 6.0 KB
- references/op-validate-with-schema.md 5.7 KB
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 12d ago First seen · 65 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A b3f77cb4dac8
amaa-design-communication-patterns-ops is a skill published in the GitHub repository Emasoft/ai-maestro-architect-agent (2 stars, last pushed 13d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 525 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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