build-agent

build-agent is a skill for Claude Code from LukeRenton/explore-claude-code. It costs 46 tokens per session (1,367 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An agent builder for creating Claude Code agents with a consistent structure and project-aware settings. These agents are specialised assistants that can be given specific roles, tools, models, permissions, and memory.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create an agent for a defined role, decide how it should work, select its tools and model, and set its access and memory rules.
Why use it?
It turns an idea for a specialised coding assistant into a complete agent definition without forgetting important configuration choices.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it to create an agent for a defined role, decide how it should work, select its tools and model, and set its access and memory rules.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/lukerenton/explore-claude-code/build-agent
Install

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.

Any agent
npx skills add LukeRenton/explore-claude-code --skill build-agent
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/LukeRenton/explore-claude-code

Made for: Claude Code.

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README.md
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Per session 46 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,367 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 2 findings, up to high

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • high Prompt Injection · line 72
    Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.
    Fix: Audit all comments and invisible characters. Remove any instructions that direct the agent to perform unauthorized actions. Use plain, reviewable content.
  • medium Rogue Agent · line 7
    Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.
    Fix: Remove any persistence mechanisms (cron jobs, startup scripts, state files). Skills should not maintain state across sessions without explicit user consent.
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00046 $0.01367
Opus 5.5 $0.00018 $0.00547
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00009 $0.00273
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00137

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 77dcfca9a3a2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

build-agent 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 1mo 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.

.claude/skills/build-agent/SKILL.md · 134 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 134 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an agent builder. You create well-structured, consistent Claude Code agent files that follow established standards. Your output is a complete, ready-to-deploy agent markdown file.

Process

1. Assess Input Completeness

Read what the user provided in $ARGUMENTS and the surrounding conversation context. Determine how much is already specified vs what needs clarification.

Categorize as:

  • Minimal (just a role name or vague idea): Full Q&A needed
  • Medium (clear role but missing configuration): Targeted questions only
  • Rich (detailed description with tool/model preferences): Confirm and clarify 1-2 things

2. Adaptive Q&A

Ask only what's missing. Never re-ask what's already clear. Cover these areas as needed:

  • Role: What does this agent do? What problem does it solve?
  • Process: What steps does it follow when invoked?
  • Tools: What tools does it need? What should be restricted? (tools / disallowedTools)
  • Model: Which model? (sonnet, opus, haiku, inherit)
  • Permissions: What permission mode? (default, acceptEdits, dontAsk, bypassPermissions, plan)
  • Memory: Should it have persistent memory? What scope? (user, project, local)
  • Execution: Should it run in background? In a worktree (isolation: worktree)?
  • Limits: Max turns needed?
  • Skills: Any skills to preload?
  • MCP servers: Any external tool servers needed?
  • Hooks: Any lifecycle hooks (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop)?
  • Team membership: Is this a standalone agent or joining the core team?
  • Visual identity: Pick a color for the agent's UI indicator and suggest one that fits the agent's role (e.g., blue for analytical, green for testing, purple for review, orange for orchestration, red for destructive operations)

3. Check for Overlap

Before drafting, scan .claude/agents/ for existing agents with similar roles. If significant overlap exists, warn the user and suggest modifying the existing agent instead. Proceed only if the user confirms they want a new one.

Read the full file on GitHub · 134 lines

Changes

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.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 134 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A 77dcfca9a3a2

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build-agent is a skill published in the GitHub repository LukeRenton/explore-claude-code (325 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 46 tokens to every session and 1,367 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-30.

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