// Author a single skill from a short brief. Use to add a skill to an existing plugin or iterate on a skill's description/body.
| name | agents-architect:skill |
| description | Author a single skill from a short brief. Use to add a skill to an existing plugin or iterate on a skill's description/body. |
| argument-hint | <skill-name> "<one-line purpose>" [--plugin <path>] [--siblings <a,b,c>] |
| allowed-tools | ["Read","Write","Task","AskUserQuestion"] |
<execution_context> @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agents-architect/templates/skill.template.md </execution_context>
Arguments: $ARGUMENTS — name, purpose, optional plugin path and sibling skills for disambiguation. 1. Parse args. If plugin path omitted, default to current working directory. 2. `AskUserQuestion` to fill gaps: target trigger phrases (10-30), examples of prompts that should fire it, examples that should NOT. 3. Spawn `agents-architect-skill-author` with the filled brief. It writes `skills//SKILL.md`, `reference.md` (if needed), `evals/`. 4. Report back the produced files + trigger surface. Paths of produced files + 5-line summary.Write or refactor Claude Code sub-agent definitions (files in agents/*.md). Use when the user asks to "create a subagent", "add an agent for X", "build a specialist agent", "make a research agent", "write an agent file", "agent YAML", "delegate to a subagent", "design a multi-agent workflow", or when a task needs a fresh context window, restricted tools, or isolation. Covers frontmatter (tools/model/effort/maxTurns/isolation), delegation patterns, read-only constraints, and orchestrator↔specialist contracts.
Write or refactor Claude Code slash commands (files in commands/<ns>/<cmd>.md). Use when the user asks to "create a slash command", "add /<name>", "write a command file", "make a /command", "turn this workflow into a command", "argument hints", "allowed-tools", or when packaging a repeatable workflow as a one-keystroke invocation. Covers frontmatter, $ARGUMENTS parsing, @-imports for context files, and orchestration patterns.
Design and optimize context windows for agentic workflows. Use when the user asks to "manage context", "optimize context", "compact context", "context budget", "CLAUDE.md", "memory hierarchy", "context degradation", "agent is forgetting", "agent hallucinating after many turns", "long conversation", "hit token limit", "prune context", "memory tiers", or when a multi-turn workflow shows quality decay. Covers CLAUDE.md authoring, tiered memory, scratchpads, /compact strategies, read-depth rules, and subagent delegation for context relief.
Research a domain end-to-end before scaffolding an agentic system for it. Use when the user asks to "research [domain]", "learn about [field]", "what are the best practices for X", "survey the tools for Y", "what MCPs exist for Z", "before we build the agent, understand [topic]", or when kicking off a new /agents-architect:new for an unfamiliar domain. Covers methodology: taxonomy → tools → MCPs → idioms → anti-patterns → eval cases. Produces DOMAIN.md.
Select, scaffold, or integrate Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with a Claude Code plugin. Use when the user asks to "add an MCP", "which MCP for X", "connect to [service]", "find a server for [API/tool]", "wrap [tool] as an MCP", ".mcp.json", "MCP server config", or when a domain needs external tools Claude doesn't have (Blender, Figma, ClickUp, arxiv, a CAD program, etc.). Covers MCP discovery via registry, config schema, env/userConfig wiring, and fallback to CLI when no MCP exists.
Package a collection of skills/agents/commands/hooks as a distributable Claude Code plugin. Use when the user asks to "package this as a plugin", "create a plugin.json", "build a marketplace entry", "make this installable", "publish my plugin", "plugin manifest", "validate my plugin", or when bundling work for others to install via /plugin marketplace add. Covers plugin.json schema, marketplace.json, CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT, userConfig, and validation.