Agent template

Skill claude-world/director-mode-lite/skills/agent-template

Generate custom agent from template. Use when creating a new subagent from scratch, or scaffolding an agent file with correct frontmatter.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add claude-world/director-mode-lite --skill agent-template

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One thing to look at

runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 1 command, including `/agent-check`.

SKILL.md

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Agent Template Generator

Generate a custom agent file based on requirements.

Usage: /agent-template [agent-name] [purpose]

Templates

Purpose	Template	Tools	Color	Model
Review/Audit	Reviewer	Read, Grep, Glob, Bash	yellow	inherit
Generate/Create	Generator	Read, Write, Grep, Glob	cyan	inherit
Fix/Modify	Fixer	Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep	red	inherit
Test/Validate	Tester	Read, Bash, Grep, Glob	green	inherit
Document	Documenter	Read, Write, Grep, Glob	cyan	inherit
Orchestrate	Orchestrator	Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob, Agent	cyan	haiku

Process

Gather Requirements
- Agent name (lowercase, hyphenated)
- Purpose
- Tools needed
- Model (fable/opus/sonnet/haiku/inherit — inherit is the recommended default)
- Preloaded skills (if any)
Select Template based on purpose
Generate File at .claude/agents/[name].md
Validate with /agent-check

Frontmatter Reference (official fields)

---
name: agent-name            # Required: lowercase, hyphenated, 3-50 chars
description: >              # Required: 200-1000 chars recommended, include <example> blocks.
  Use this agent PROACTIVELY when [triggering conditions]. Examples:
  <example>
  Context: [situation]
  user: "[request]"
  assistant: "[response]"
  <commentary>[why this agent]</commentary>
  </example>
color: cyan                 # Required by Director Mode convention (CI-enforced); optional per spec
model: inherit              # Required by Director Mode convention (CI-enforced); optional per spec.
                            #   Valid: fable, opus, sonnet, haiku, inherit, default, best, sonnet[1m],
                            #   opus[1m] (or a full model ID). inherit recommended. NOT opusplan.
effort: medium              # Optional: low, medium, high, xhigh, max
tools:                      # Optional: YAML list (omit = all tools)
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
  - Grep
  - Glob
  - Agent
  - WebFetch
  - WebSearch
  - TodoWrite
  - NotebookEdit
disallowedTools:            # Optional: explicit tool blocking
  - NotebookEdit
maxTurns: 20                # Optional: max agentic turns before stopping (positive integer)
skills:                     # Optional: preloaded skill names (list)
  - linked-skill
memory: project             # Optional: one of user, project, local
background: false           # Optional: run the agent in the background (boolean)
isolation: worktree         # Optional: run the agent in an isolated git worktree
---

Not supported in filesystem/plugin agent frontmatter — do not emit these: hooks, mcpServers, permissionMode (security restriction), and forkContext (not an official field). Agents fork automatically when dispatched.

Reviewer Template Structure

---
name: [name]
description: >
  Use this agent PROACTIVELY when [triggering conditions]. Examples:
  <example>
  Context: [situation]
  user: "[request]"
  assistant: "[response]"
  </example>
color: yellow
tools:
  - Read
  - Grep
  - Glob
  - Bash
model: inherit
skills:
  - linked-skill
# maxTurns: 20
# memory: project
---

# [Name] Agent

## Activation
When to trigger

## Review Checklist
- [ ] Check items

## Output Format
Report structure

Example

/agent-template security-scanner "scan code for vulnerabilities"

Output: Created .claude/agents/security-scanner.md

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most context ai engineering skills give in 900 tokens

Counted across 1,328 of the 2,349 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-09-06

Dispatch a fresh subagent for each taskin 76 of 1328, across 59 files
Perform spec compliance review before code quality reviewin 44 of 1328, across 34 files
Dispatch a final code reviewer after all tasksin 38 of 1328, across 26 files
Answer subagent questions before allowing implementationin 36 of 1328, across 26 files
Use the least powerful model capable of the taskin 33 of 1328, across 26 files
Create a TodoWrite list for all tasksin 32 of 1328, across 22 files
Perform a task review after each implementationin 31 of 1328, across 24 files
Extract all tasks and context from the planin 29 of 1328, across 20 files
Provide full task text to subagentsin 28 of 1328, across 20 files
Use git worktrees for isolated workspacesin 25 of 1328, across 20 files
Specify the model explicitly when dispatching a subagentin 23 of 1328, across 18 files
Execute all tasks from the plan without stoppingin 21 of 1328, across 16 files

Said here and by no other author read

Gather agent name and purpose
Select template based on purpose
Validate file with agent-check

Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.