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Agent Workflow Designer

Design production-grade multi-agent workflows with clear pattern choice (sequential, parallel, hierarchical), handoff contracts, failure handling, and cost/context controls. Use when architecting a multi-step agent pipeline, choosing between single-agent vs multi-agent approache…

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# Agent Workflow Designer

**Tier:** POWERFUL  
**Category:** Engineering  
**Domain:** Multi-Agent Systems / AI Orchestration

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## Overview

Design production-grade multi-agent workflows with clear pattern choice, handoff contracts, failure handling, and cost/context controls.

## Core Capabilities

- Workflow pattern selection for multi-step agent systems
- Skeleton config generation for fast workflow bootstrapping
- Context and cost discipline across long-running flows
- Error recovery and retry strategy scaffolding
- Documentation pointers for operational pattern tradeoffs

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## When to Use

- A single prompt is insufficient for task complexity
- You need specialist agents with explicit boundaries
- You want deterministic workflow structure before implementation
- You need validation loops for quality or safety gates

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## Quick Start

```bash
# Generate a sequential workflow skeleton
python3 scripts/workflow_scaffolder.py sequential --name content-pipeline

# Generate an orchestrator workflow and save it
python3 scripts/workflow_scaffolder.py orchestrator --name incident-triage --output workflows/incident-triage.json
```

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## Pattern Map

- `sequential`: strict step-by-step dependency chain
- `parallel`: fan-out/fan-in for independent subtasks
- `router`: dispatch by intent/type with fallback
- `orchestrator`: planner coordinates specialists with dependencies
- `evaluator`: generator + quality gate loop

Detailed templates: `references/workflow-patterns.md`

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## Recommended Workflow

1. Select pattern based on dependency shape and risk profile.
2. Scaffold config via `scripts/workflow_scaffolder.py`.
3. Define handoff contract fields for every edge.
4. Add retry/timeouts and output validation gates.
5. Dry-run with small context budgets before scaling.

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## Common Pitfalls

- Over-orchestrating tasks solvable by one well-structured prompt
- Missing timeout/retry policies for external-model calls
- Passing full upstream context instead of targeted artifacts
- Ignoring per-step cost accumulation

## Best Practices

1. Start with the smallest pattern that can satisfy requirements.
2. Keep handoff payloads explicit and bounded.
3. Validate intermediate outputs before fan-in synthesis.
4. Enforce budget and timeout limits in every step.

How to use

  1. Copy the skill content above
  2. Create a .claude/skills directory in your project
  3. Save as .claude/skills/claude-skills-agent-workflow-designer.md
  4. Use /claude-skills-agent-workflow-designer in Claude Code to invoke this skill

Claude Code Skills & Plugins — Agent Skills for Every Coding Tool

345 production-ready Claude Code skills, plugins, and agent skills for 13 AI coding tools.

The most comprehensive open-source library of Claude Code skills and agent plugins — also works with OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and 9 more coding agents. Reusable expertise packages covering engineering, DevOps, marketing (incl. AEO — Answer Engine Optimization for LLM citation), security (PreToolUse hooks), compliance, C-level advisory (incl. founder-mode CFO/CMO/CRO/CPO/COO/CHRO/CISO/GC/CDO/CAIO/CCO/VPE personas + 21 /cs:* slash commands), productivity (capture/email/reflect), an academic research stack (litreview/grants/dossier/patent/syllabus/pulse/notebooklm + hybrid router), and enterprise Research Operations (clinical-research/research-finance/market-research/product-research, v2.9.0).

Works with: Claude Code · OpenAI Codex · Gemini CLI · OpenClaw · Hermes Agent1 · Mistral Vibe2 · Cursor · Aider · Windsurf · Kilo Code · OpenCode · Augment · Antigravity

License: MIT Skills Agents Personas Commands Stars SkillCheck Validated

5,200+ GitHub stars — the most comprehensive open-source Claude Code skills & agent plugins library.


What Are Claude Code Skills & Agent Plugins?

Claude Code skills (also called agent skills or coding agent plugins) are modular instruction packages that give AI coding agents domain expertise they don't have out of the box. Each skill includes:

  • SKILL.md — structured instructions, workflows, and decision frameworks
  • Python tools — 579 CLI scripts (all stdlib-only, zero pip installs)
  • Reference docs — 702 templates, checklists, and domain-specific knowledge files

One repo, thirteen platforms. Works natively as Claude Code plugins, Codex agent skills, Gemini CLI skills, Hermes Agent skills, Mistral Vibe skills, and converts to more tools via scripts/convert.sh. All 579 Python tools run anywhere Python runs.

Skills vs Agents vs Personas

SkillsAgentsPersonas
PurposeHow to execute a taskWhat task to doWho is thinking
ScopeSingle domainSingle domainCross-domain
VoiceNeutralProfessionalPersonality-driven
Example"Follow these steps for SEO""Run a security audit""Think like a startup CTO"

All three work together. See Orchestration for how to combine them.


Quick Install

Gemini CLI (New)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
cd claude-skills

# Run the setup script
./scripts/gemini-install.sh

# Start using skills
> activate_skill(name="senior-architect")

Claude Code (Recommended)

# Add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills

# Install by domain
/plugin install engineering-skills@claude-code-skills          # 24 core engineering
/plugin install engineering-advanced-skills@claude-code-skills  # 25 POWERFUL-tier
/plugin install product-skills@claude-code-skills               # 12 product skills
/plugin install marketing-skills@claude-code-skills             # 43 marketing skills
/plugin install ra-qm-skills@claude-code-skills                 # 12 regulatory/quality
/plugin install pm-skills@claude-code-skills                    # 6 project management
/plugin install c-level-skills@claude-code-skills               # 28 C-level advisory (full C-suite)
/plugin install business-growth-skills@claude-code-skills       # 4 business & growth
/plugin install finance-skills@claude-code-skills               # 2 finance (analyst + SaaS metrics)

# Or install individual skills
/plugin install skill-security-auditor@claude-code-skills       # Security scanner
/plugin install playwright-pro@claude-code-skills                  # Playwright testing toolkit
/plugin install self-improving-agent@claude-code-skills         # Auto-memory curation
/plugin install content-creator@claude-code-skills              # Single skill

OpenAI Codex

npx agent-skills-cli add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --agent codex
# Or: git clone + ./scripts/codex-install.sh

OpenClaw

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/main/scripts/openclaw-install.sh)

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
# Copy any skill folder to ~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code) or ~/.codex/skills/ (Codex)

Multi-Tool Support (New)

Convert all 345 skills to 9 AI coding tools with a single script:

ToolFormatInstall
Cursor.mdc rules./scripts/install.sh --tool cursor --target .
AiderCONVENTIONS.md./scripts/install.sh --tool aider --target .
Kilo Code.kilocode/rules/./scripts/install.sh --tool kilocode --target .
Windsurf.windsurf/skills/./scripts/install.sh --tool windsurf --target .
OpenCode.opencode/skills/./scripts/install.sh --tool opencode --target .
Augment.augment/rules/./scripts/install.sh --tool augment --target .
Antigravity~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/./scripts/install.sh --tool antigravity
Hermes Agent~/.hermes/skills/python scripts/sync-hermes-skills.py --verbose
Mistral Vibe~/.vibe/skills/./scripts/vibe-install.sh

How it works:

# 1. Convert all skills to all tools (takes ~15 seconds)
./scripts/convert.sh --tool all

# 2. Install into your project (with confirmation)
./scripts/install.sh --tool cursor --target /path/to/project

# Or use --force to skip confirmation:
./scripts/install.sh --tool aider --target . --force

# 3. Verify
find .cursor/rules -name "*.mdc" | wc -l  # Should show 346

Each tool gets:

  • ✅ All 345 skills converted to native format
  • ✅ Per-tool README with install/verify/update steps
  • ✅ Support for scripts, references, templates where applicable
  • ✅ Zero manual conversion work

Run ./scripts/convert.sh --tool all to generate tool-specific outputs locally.


Skills Overview

345 skills across 17 domains:

DomainSkillsHighlightsDetails
🔧 Engineering — Core51Architecture, frontend, backend, fullstack, QA, DevOps, SecOps, AI/ML, data, Playwright Pro (test gen, flaky fix, migrations), self-improving agent (auto-memory curation), security suite, a11y auditengineering-team/
⚡ Engineering — POWERFUL78Agent designer, RAG architect, database designer, CI/CD builder, security auditor, MCP builder, AgentHub, Helm charts, Terraform, self-eval, llm-wiki, tc-tracker, autoresearch-agent, reliability portfolio (feature-flags-architect, kubernetes-operator, chaos-engineering, slo-architect), ship-gate, security-guidance PreToolUse hook, Matt Pocock skills (write-a-skill, caveman, grill-me, handoff, grill-with-docs)engineering/
🎯 Product17Product manager, agile PO, strategist, UX researcher, UI design, landing pages, SaaS scaffolder, analytics, experiment designer, discovery, roadmap communicator, code-to-prd, apple-hig-expertproduct-team/
📣 Marketing468 pods: Content, SEO + AEO (aeo — E-E-A-T audit, citation tracking across 5 LLMs), CRO, Channels, Growth, Intelligence, Sales + context foundation + orchestration routermarketing-skill/
🚀 Productivity6capture (brain-dump-to-action), email pair (inbox-setup + inbox-triage), reflect (journal), handoff (Matt Pocock-inspired), andreessen (market-first decision mode)productivity/
🎨 Marketing (top-level)1landing — single-file HTML landing-page generator (4 design styles, GSAP patterns, brand palette validator)marketing/
🔬 Research (academic)8research orchestrator (hybrid router + fallback) + 7 specialists: pulse, litreview, grants (NIH), dossier, patent, syllabus, notebooklmresearch/
🧪 Research Operations ✨v2.9.05Enterprise/cross-functional research: orchestrator + clinical-research (study design), research-finance (R&D program finance), market-research (sizing/survey/segmentation), product-research (user research) — each with onboarding + customization + opt-in autoresearch bridgeresearch-ops/
📋 Project Management9Senior PM, scrum master, Jira, Confluence, Atlassian admin, templates + bundled Atlassian Remote MCPproject-management/
🏥 Regulatory & QM18ISO 13485, MDR 2017/745, FDA, ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2, CAPA, risk managementra-qm-team/
🛡️ Compliance OS9Compliance operating system — controls, evidence, audit-readiness workflowscompliance-os/
💼 C-Level Advisory66Full C-suite (CEO/CTO/CFO/CMO/CRO/CPO/COO/CHRO/CISO/GC/CDO/CAIO/CCO/VPE) + founder-mode agents + orchestration + board meetings + culture & collaborationc-level-advisor/
📈 Business & Growth5Customer success, sales engineer, revenue ops, contracts & proposals, BizDev toolkitbusiness-growth/
🏭 Business Operations7Orchestrator + process-mapper, vendor-management, capacity-planner, internal-comms, knowledge-ops, procurement-optimizerbusiness-operations/
🤝 Commercial8Orchestrator + pricing-strategist, deal-desk, partnerships-architect, channel-economics, commercial-policy, rfp-responder, commercial-forecastercommercial/
💰 Finance4Financial analyst (DCF, budgeting, forecasting), SaaS metrics coach, business investment advisorfinance/

Personas

Pre-configured agent identities with curated skill loadouts, workflows, and distinct communication styles. Personas go beyond "use these skills" — they define how an agent thinks, prioritizes, and communicates.

PersonaDomainBest For
Startup CTOEngineering + StrategyArchitecture decisions, tech stack selection, team building, technical due diligence
Growth MarketerMarketing + GrowthContent-led growth, launch strategy, channel optimization, bootstrapped marketing
Solo FounderCross-domainOne-person sta

Footnotes

  1. Hermes Agent is BYO-sync tier: the repo ships a pre-generated .hermes/skills/claude-skills/ tree, but you run python scripts/sync-hermes-skills.py once locally to install into ~/.hermes/skills/. Uses the same agentskills.io SKILL.md standard — no format conversion.

  2. Mistral Vibe is also BYO-sync tier: the repo ships a pre-generated .vibe/skills/claude-skills/ tree, run ./scripts/vibe-install.sh once locally to install into ~/.vibe/skills/. Same agentskills.io SKILL.md standard — no format conversion. Docs: https://docs.mistral.ai/mistral-vibe/agents-skills.

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