agent-template-generator

name	agent-template-generator
description	Generates new agent profiles with consistent structure, automatic validation pattern injection, and test-driven protocols
category	development
version	1.0.0
dependencies	["bash","json-validation"]

Agent Template Generator Skill

Purpose: Creates new agent profiles with enforced consistency, automatic validation pattern inclusion, and test-driven development protocols.

Benefits:

• ✅ Consistent agent structure across all profiles
• ✅ Automatic injection of centralized validation skill
• ✅ Test-driven development pattern by default
• ✅ Prevents validation anti-patterns
• ✅ Reduces agent creation time (60 min → 5 min)

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Quick Start

Generate a Specialist Agent

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "api-security-specialist" \
  --type "specialist" \
  --description "MUST BE USED for API security audits, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment"

Generate a Validator Agent

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "security-validator" \
  --type "validator" \
  --description "MUST BE USED for Loop 2 security validation and threat model review"

Generate with Custom Configuration

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "custom-agent" \
  --type "specialist" \
  --description "Agent description here" \
  --model "haiku" \
  --provider "anthropic" \
  --provider-model "claude-3-haiku-20240307" \
  --tools "[Read, Write, Bash, TodoWrite]"

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Command Reference

Required Arguments

Argument	Description	Example
--name	Agent name (lowercase-with-hyphens)	api-security-specialist
--description	Agent description (MUST BE USED pattern)	MUST BE USED for API security audits

Optional Arguments

Argument	Description	Default
--type	Agent type (specialist|validator|coordinator|utility)	specialist
--tools	Tool list (JSON array)	[Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob, TodoWrite]
--model	Claude model (sonnet|opus|haiku)	sonnet
--acl-level	Access control level (1-3)	1
--output-dir	Output directory (overrides type-based default)	Auto-determined
--provider	AI provider (zai|kimi|openrouter|anthropic)	zai
--provider-model	Provider-specific model	glm-4.6

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Agent Types and Output Directories

Type	Description	Default Output Directory
specialist	Domain-specific implementation (Loop 3)	.claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/
validator	Code review and validation (Loop 2)	.claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/reviewers/quality/
coordinator	Multi-agent orchestration	.claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/coordinators/
utility	Supporting tools and helpers	.claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/utility/

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Generated Template Structure

1. YAML Frontmatter

---
name: agent-name
description: MUST BE USED description
tools: [Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob, TodoWrite]
model: sonnet
type: specialist
acl_level: 1
validation_hooks:
  - agent-template-validator
  - test-coverage-validator
---

2. Provider Configuration

<!-- PROVIDER_PARAMETERS
provider: zai
model: glm-4.6
-->

3. Success Criteria Integration ✅ AUTO-INJECTED

Automatically includes:

• Source centralized validation skill
• validate_success_criteria() call
• Helper function examples (list_test_suites, get_test_command, get_pass_threshold)

source .claude/skills/json-validation/validate-success-criteria.sh
validate_success_criteria || exit 1

4. TDD Protocol ✅ AUTO-INJECTED

Automatically includes:

• Write Tests First guidelines
• Implementation workflow
• Validation steps with timing guidance

5. Test-Driven Validation ✅ AUTO-INJECTED

Automatically includes:

• Test execution pattern
• Result parsing with parse-test-results.sh
• Completion reporting (NOT confidence scores)

6. Customization Sections

Generated template includes placeholders for:

• Domain expertise
• Core responsibilities
• Best practices
• Common pitfalls
• Success metrics
• Example workflows
• Integration points

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Workflow: Creating a New Agent

Step 1: Generate Template

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "graphql-security-specialist" \
  --type "specialist" \
  --description "MUST BE USED for GraphQL schema security audits and injection prevention"

Output:

✅ Agent template created: .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/graphql-security-specialist.md

Next steps:
1. Customize the [DOMAIN EXPERTISE] placeholder
2. Fill in Core Responsibilities
3. Customize Domain-Specific Guidelines
4. Define Success Metrics
5. Add Example Workflows
6. Document Integration Points
7. Add relevant references

Validation Pattern: ✅ Automatically included
Test-Driven Protocol: ✅ Automatically included
Provider Configuration: ✅ Set to zai (glm-4.6)

Step 2: Customize Template

Open generated file and replace placeholders:

# Edit the generated file
code .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/graphql-security-specialist.md

Customize:

1. Replace [DOMAIN EXPERTISE - TO BE CUSTOMIZED] with specific domain
2. Fill in 3-5 core responsibilities
3. Add domain-specific best practices
4. Define success metrics
5. Add 2-3 example workflows
6. Document integration with other agents

Step 3: Validate Structure

# Verify frontmatter is valid YAML
head -20 .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/graphql-security-specialist.md

# Verify validation skill is sourced
grep -A 5 "source .claude/skills/json-validation" .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/graphql-security-specialist.md

Step 4: Test Agent

# Test with sample criteria
AGENT_SUCCESS_CRITERIA='{"test_suites":[{"name":"security-tests","command":"npm run test:security","pass_threshold":0.95}]}' \
  cfn-spawn agent graphql-security-specialist \
    --task "Test validation integration"

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Examples

Example 1: API Security Specialist

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "api-security-specialist" \
  --type "specialist" \
  --description "MUST BE USED for API security audits, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment. Use PROACTIVELY for OAuth2 security, rate limiting, input validation. Keywords - API security, OWASP, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment"

Example 2: Performance Validator

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "performance-validator" \
  --type "validator" \
  --description "MUST BE USED for Loop 2 performance validation, load testing review, and bottleneck identification"

Example 3: Epic Coordinator (Haiku Model)

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "sprint-coordinator" \
  --type "coordinator" \
  --description "MUST BE USED for multi-sprint orchestration and epic decomposition" \
  --model "haiku" \
  --acl-level "3"

Example 4: Custom Output Directory

./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "custom-specialist" \
  --type "specialist" \
  --description "Custom agent" \
  --output-dir ".claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/custom"

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Validation Features

Automatic Injection

All generated agents automatically include:

1. Centralized Validation Skill:

   source .claude/skills/json-validation/validate-success-criteria.sh
   validate_success_criteria || exit 1
   

2. Test-Driven Protocol:

   • Write Tests First guidelines
   • Implementation workflow
   • Validation steps

3. Completion Protocol:

   • Test execution pattern
   • Result parsing
   • Report completion (NOT confidence scores)

Prevented Anti-Patterns

Generator prevents:

• ❌ Inline duplicate validation code
• ❌ Missing validation on AGENT_SUCCESS_CRITERIA
• ❌ Inconsistent test-driven protocols
• ❌ Subjective confidence score reporting
• ❌ Missing provider configuration

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Benefits vs Manual Creation

Aspect	Manual Creation	Template Generator
Time	60 minutes	5 minutes (setup) + 10 minutes (customization)
Validation Pattern	Must remember to include	✅ Automatic injection
Test-Driven Protocol	Must copy from existing agent	✅ Automatic injection
Structure Consistency	Prone to variation	✅ Enforced consistency
Security	May forget validation	✅ Always includes CVSS 8.2 protection
Provider Config	May forget to add	✅ Always included

Time Savings: ~75% reduction in agent creation time

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Testing

Test Template Generation

# Test basic generation
./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "test-agent" \
  --type "specialist" \
  --description "Test agent for validation"

# Verify output file
ls -la .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/test-agent.md

# Cleanup
rm .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/test-agent.md

Verify Validation Integration

# Generate agent
./.claude/skills/agent-template-generator/generate-agent.sh \
  --name "test-validator" \
  --type "validator" \
  --description "Test"

# Verify validation skill is sourced
grep "source .claude/skills/json-validation/validate-success-criteria.sh" \
  .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/reviewers/quality/test-validator.md

# Cleanup
rm .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/reviewers/quality/test-validator.md

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Integration with Other Skills

1. JSON Validation Skill

Dependency: All generated agents automatically source json-validation skill.

Integration:

source .claude/skills/json-validation/validate-success-criteria.sh
validate_success_criteria || exit 1

2. CFN Loop Orchestration

Integration Point: Generated agents include test execution pattern using parse-test-results.sh.

Pattern:

RESULTS=$(./.claude/skills/cfn-loop-orchestration/helpers/parse-test-results.sh \
    "jest" "$TEST_OUTPUT")

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Future Enhancements

v1.1.0 (Planned)

• Interactive mode (prompts for each field)
• Validation of generated agent structure
• Template versioning support
• Support for custom template paths

v2.0.0 (Future)

• Multiple template variants (minimal, standard, comprehensive)
• Agent capability auto-detection
• Integration with agent-builder skill
• Automated testing for generated agents

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Troubleshooting

Error: Agent file already exists

Cause: Attempting to generate agent that already exists.

Solution:

# Remove existing file or choose different name
rm .claude/agents/cfn-dev-team/developers/existing-agent.md

# Or use different name
--name "existing-agent-v2"

Error: Invalid agent type

Cause: Using invalid agent type.

Valid types:

• specialist
• validator
• coordinator
• utility

Generated agent has customization placeholders

Expected Behavior: All generated agents include [CUSTOMIZE] and [TO BE CUSTOMIZED] markers.

Solution: Replace all placeholders with domain-specific content.

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Status: Production-ready (v1.0.0) Time Savings: 75% reduction in agent creation time Security: Auto-injection of CVSS 8.2 validation protection Consistency: 100% structure enforcement across all new agents