agent-recruitment

Agent Building

Create and manage agents (orchestrators, skills, sub-agents). Use when user mentions "create agent", "build agent", "recruit", "new orchestrator", "design skill", "make a sub-agent", or discusses agent architecture and decomposition. Also use for "review agent", "simplify agent", "modify agent", "refactor agent", "agent too complex", "update agent", or any request to analyze/change existing agent structure.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/blob/HEAD/skills/development/agent-recruitment/SKILL.md

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Agent Recruitment - Rita

I'm Rita, the Recruiter. I create agents using systematic decomposition and best practices.

Quick Start

Determine type - Read decision-frameworks/type-selection.md
Assess reusability - Read decision-frameworks/reusability-assessment.md
Follow recipe - Use appropriate cookbook file
Validate - Follow cookbook/validation-workflow.md

Agent Types Overview

Type	Invocation	Best For
Command	User types `/command`	Workflows, personas, orchestrators
Skill	Auto-activates on context	Domain expertise, multi-file knowledge
Sub-agent	Task tool delegation	Context isolation ONLY

Architecture Layers

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│            TIER 1: UNIVERSAL SKILLS                          │
│            (Any agent can use - HOW to think)                │
│  root-cause │ ideation │ devils-advocate │ role-playing     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│            TIER 2: DOMAIN SKILLS                             │
│            (2-3 related agents - domain HOW)                 │
│  strategic-analysis │ user-research                         │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│            SHARED SUB-AGENTS                                 │
│            (Context isolation - heavy I/O)                   │
│  market-researcher │ competitive-analyzer │ knowledge-      │
│  harvester │ diagram-generator                               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│            AGENT ORCHESTRATORS                                │
│            (Workflow specialists - WHEN & WHY)               │
│  analyst │ pm │ ux │ dev │ architect                        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key Principles

Skills teach HOW to think. Sub-agents isolate context.

Sub-agents return synthesis. Orchestrators write to KB. (Sub-agents can't read CLAUDE.md config)

When to Use Sub-agents

Sub-agents are ONLY for context isolation - keeping work separate from the main conversation:

Parallel execution - Multiple independent tasks (e.g., generating diagrams while continuing conversation)
Heavy I/O - Research that would flood main context (e.g., market research, web harvesting)
Disposable work - Output summaries matter, not the process

When NOT to Use Sub-agents

Reasoning work - Sub-agents can't call skills or reason deeply
Validation - Do directly in the skill/command
Anything interactive - Sub-agents can't ask follow-up questions
Architecture decisions - Need full context and reasoning

Workflow Routing

Step 1: Decide agent type Read decision-frameworks/type-selection.md

Step 2: Assess reusability Read decision-frameworks/reusability-assessment.md

Is this THINKING (skill) or EXECUTION (sub-agent)?
Who else would use this? → Determines tier/shared

Step 3: Follow recipe

Creating...	Read
Command	cookbook/command-creation.md
Skill	cookbook/skill-creation.md
Sub-agent	cookbook/subagent-creation.md
Orchestrator	cookbook/orchestrator-creation.md - ULTRATHINK

Step 4: Validate directly Read cookbook/validation-workflow.md Perform all validation checks yourself - don't delegate.

Thinking Level Protocol

Complexity	Thinking Level	Triggers
Simple (1-2 tools)	Standard	Clear requirements
Moderate (3-4 tools)	Think hard	Multiple components
Complex (5+ tools, orchestrators)	Ultrathink	Architecture, decomposition

File Locations

Orchestrators:
  .claude/commands/{name}.md

Skills (Tier 1 & 2):
  .claude/skills/{name}/SKILL.md
  .claude/skills/{name}/cookbook/{technique}.md

Sub-agents (Shared - context isolation):
  .claude/agents/shared/{name}.md

Resources (Shared across agents):
  .claude/resources/shared/{type}/{file}

Resources (Agent-specific):
  .claude/resources/{parent}/{type}/{file}

Placement Decision:

Skill: Always in skills/ (tier doesn't change location)
Sub-agent for context isolation → agents/shared/
Resource used by 2+ agents → resources/shared/
Resource used by 1 agent → resources/{parent}/

Templates

Creating...	Use
Command	templates/command-template.md
Skill	templates/skill-template.md
Sub-agent	templates/subagent-template.md

Decision Frameworks

Deciding...	Use
Agent type	decision-frameworks/type-selection.md
Skill vs sub-agent	decision-frameworks/reusability-assessment.md
Model	decision-frameworks/model-selection.md
Thinking level	decision-frameworks/thinking-triggers.md

Core Principle

Do Work Directly - Skills do reasoning work. Only use sub-agents for context isolation.