agent development
Officialagent development
What it does
- Agents are FOR autonomous work, commands are FOR user-initiated actions
- Markdown file format with YAML frontmatter
- Triggering via description field with examples
- System prompt defines agent behavior
- Model and color customization
- code-reviewer
- test-generator
Requirements & configuration
- Recommendation: Use inherit unless agent needs specific model capabilities.
- ✅ Use inherit for model unless specific need
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
agent development FAQ
What does the agent development skill do?
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create an agent", "add an agent", "write a subagent", "agent frontmatter", "when to use description", "agent examples", "agent tools", "agent colors", "autonomous agent", or needs guidance on agent structure, system prompts, triggering conditions, or agent development best practices for Claude Code plugins. Agents are FOR autonomous work, commands are FOR user-initiated actions Markdown file format with YAML frontmatter
What does agent development require?
Recommendation: Use inherit unless agent needs specific model capabilities. ✅ Use inherit for model unless specific need
How do I install agent development?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code --skill agent development --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/anthropics/claude-code.
Maintain agent development?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/anthropics-claude-code-agent-development?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/anthropics-claude-code-agent-development The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.
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