Agent Development

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Learn to build powerful, autonomous agents that handle complex, multi-step tasks within Claude Code plugins. This skill provides a comprehensive blueprint for agent development, detailing the required file structure with YAML frontmatter and a Markdown system prompt. It emphasizes the critical role of the `description` field for defining triggering conditions and offers robust patterns for writing effective system prompts that dictate agent behavior, responsibilities, and output formats, ensuring you can create reliable and capable autonomous assistants.

Key Features

• Offers both AI-assisted and manual workflows for agent creation.
• Outlines best practices for designing structured, second-person system prompts.
• Provides detailed guidance on writing effective triggering conditions with examples.
• Includes validation rules for all major agent components.
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• Defines the complete agent file structure, including YAML frontmatter and system prompt.

Use Cases

• Structuring an agent's system prompt to ensure it follows a specific process and produces consistent output.
• Creating a new autonomous agent to handle multi-step tasks like code refactoring or documentation generation.
• Debugging why an existing agent fails to trigger by improving its description and examples.