Agent Development

Name: Agent Development
Author: anthropics

0.0

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.

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#system prompt#prompt#write#Agent#triggering#skills#claude-code#mcp

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Installation for Agentic Skill

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Claude Code (CLI) Fast

skilz install anthropics/claude-plugins-official/Agent Development

OpenCode (CLI) Fast

skilz install anthropics/claude-plugins-official/Agent Development --agent opencode

OpenAI Codex (CLI) Native

skilz install anthropics/claude-plugins-official/Agent Development --agent codex

Gemini CLI (Project) Project

skilz install anthropics/claude-plugins-official/Agent Development --agent gemini

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For Claude Desktop Easy

Download Agent Skill ZIP

Extract and copy to ~/.claude/skills/ then restart Claude Desktop

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official

2. Copy the agent skill directory:

cp -r claude-plugins-official/plugins/plugin-dev/skills/agent-development ~/.claude/skills/

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Agentic Skill Details

Owner: anthropics (GitHub)
Repository: claude-plugins-official
Type: Other
Meta-Domain: N/A
Primary Domain: N/A
Market Score: 0.0

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