agent-architecture

Agent Building

Prompt-native architecture patterns, agent orchestration, iteration loops, and state management for autonomous work.

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Provide architectural guidance for prompt-native agent systems. This skill covers orchestration patterns, iteration loops, state management, and agent handoffs.

<essential_principles>

The Crew Philosophy

Agents work, you orchestrate. Spawn agents for heavy lifting, keep main thread light for decisions.

State survives compaction. All branch state lives in .claude/branches/{branch}/state.json.

Handoffs are mandatory. Every task completion creates a handoff. Knowledge persists.

Iteration until done. Use loops for tasks with verifiable completion criteria.

</essential_principles>

Task Routing

Task	Resource
Agent orchestration	`references/orchestration.md`
Iteration loops	`references/iteration-loop.md`
State persistence	`references/state-management.md`
Architecture patterns	`references/architecture/`

Workflows

Workflow	Purpose
`loop.md`	Iteration loop for autonomous completion
`cancel-loop.md`	Graceful loop termination
`handoff.md`	Create context preservation documents
`compound.md`	Extract learnings into permanent knowledge
`triage.md`	Categorize and prioritize findings

Domain Knowledge

Core Patterns

orchestration.md - Agent spawning patterns
iteration-loop.md - Loop mechanics, completion promises
state-management.md - Unified state format

Architecture (`references/architecture/`)

architecture-patterns.md - Prompt-native design
orchestrator-patterns.md - Agent orchestration
system-prompt-design.md - System prompts
mcp-tool-design.md - MCP tool patterns
self-modification.md - Self-modifying systems
refactoring-to-prompt-native.md - Migration patterns
infrastructure.md - Infrastructure patterns
architecture-checklist.md - Review checklist