create-agent

Create Agent Skill

Overview

Comprehensive guide and templates for creating new Claude Code agents following best practices and patterns. This skill provides step-by-step instructions, templates, and examples for agent creation.

Capabilities

• Agent definition template generation
• Contract creation following standard format
• Domain and responsibility definition
• Integration with claude.json
• Quality validation checklist

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Agent Creation Process

Step 1: Define Agent Purpose

Before creating an agent, clearly define:

1. Role: What is this agent's primary role?
2. Domain: What specific domain expertise does it have?
3. Responsibilities: What specific tasks will it perform?
4. Boundaries: What will it NOT do?
5. Dependencies: Which other agents does it depend on?

Step 2: Agent Definition Template

# [Agent Name] Agent

## Role
[Clear, one-sentence role definition]

## Domain Expertise
- [Domain area 1]
- [Domain area 2]
- [Domain area 3]

## Skills & Specializations

### [Category 1]
- **[Skill/Tool 1]**: [Description, key features, use cases]
- **[Skill/Tool 2]**: [Description, key features, use cases]

### [Category 2]
- **[Skill/Tool 3]**: [Description, key features, use cases]

## Implementation Patterns

### Pattern 1: [Pattern Name]
```language
# Code example demonstrating common usage pattern

[Explanation of when and how to use this pattern]

Pattern 2: [Pattern Name]

# Another common pattern

[Explanation]

Responsibilities

1. [Responsibility Area 1]

   • [Specific task 1]
   • [Specific task 2]

2. [Responsibility Area 2]

   • [Specific task 1]
   • [Specific task 2]

Boundaries (What This Agent Does NOT Do)

• Does not [limitation 1] (delegate to [other-agent])
• Does not [limitation 2] (delegate to [other-agent])
• Focuses on [primary focus] only

Dependencies

• [Agent 1]: For [reason]
• [Agent 2]: For [reason]

Quality Standards

Code Quality

• [Standard 1]
• [Standard 2]

[Domain] Quality

• [Standard 1]
• [Standard 2]

Output Format

Work Output Structure