build-agents-index

Agent Building

Scan all agent and sub-agent definition files in .gaai/core/agents/, extract YAML frontmatter, merge with specialists.registry.yaml, and generate a derived agents-index.yaml at .gaai/core/agents/agents-index.yaml. Activate after adding, modifying, or removing any agent, sub-agent, or specialist entry.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/Fr-e-d/GAAI-framework/blob/HEAD/.gaai/core/skills/cross/build-agents-index/SKILL.md

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Build Agents Index

Purpose / When to Activate

Activate when:

A new agent or sub-agent definition is created
An agent's frontmatter is modified (role, id, track, lifecycle)
A specialist entry is added, modified, or removed in specialists.registry.yaml
agents-index.yaml is absent or suspected stale

This skill generates a single derived catalog of all agents, sub-agents, and specialists available in the GAAI framework. Consumed by gaai-status and agent onboarding operations.

agents-index.yaml is a cache. Agent .md frontmatter and specialists.registry.yaml are the sources of truth.

Process

Step 1 — Scan agent definition files

Traverse .gaai/core/agents/ recursively. Collect every .md file except README.agents.md. This includes:

Primary agents: discovery.agent.md, bootstrap.agent.md
Sub-agents: sub-agents/*.sub-agent.md

Ignore non-.md files and the README.

Step 2 — Extract frontmatter from each agent file

For each agent .md file, read the YAML frontmatter block (between --- delimiters). Extract the following fields:

Field	Source	Notes
`type`	frontmatter `type`	`agent` or `sub-agent`
`id`	frontmatter `id`	Required
`role`	frontmatter `role`	Required
`track`	frontmatter `track`	Required
`parent`	frontmatter `parent`	Sub-agents only; absent for primary agents
`lifecycle`	frontmatter `lifecycle`	e.g. `ephemeral`, `persistent`
`updated_at`	frontmatter `updated_at`	May be absent
`path`	derived — relative path from `.gaai/core/agents/`	e.g. `sub-agents/review.sub-agent.md`

If a required field is missing, log a warning inline in the entry but do not skip it.

Step 3 — Merge specialist entries

Read .gaai/core/agents/specialists.registry.yaml. For each entry in the specialists list, include it verbatim under the specialists key in the output. Do not transform or filter specialist entries — they are already structured.

Add a path field: specialists.registry.yaml for all specialist entries.

Step 4 — Write agents-index.yaml

Write to .gaai/core/agents/agents-index.yaml using the format below. Overwrite any existing file — this is a fully derived artifact.

Step 5 — Report

Return to the invoking agent:

Count of agents, sub-agents, and specialists indexed
Any entries with missing required fields
Any duplicate id values

Outputs

# GAAI Agents Index
# Generated by build-agents-index — DO NOT EDIT MANUALLY
# Sources of truth: frontmatter in each agent .md + specialists.registry.yaml
# Regenerate: invoke build-agents-index skill

generated_at: YYYY-MM-DD
total:
  agents: N
  sub_agents: N
  specialists: N

agents:
  - id: AGENT-DISCOVERY-001
    type: agent
    role: discovery
    track: discovery
    lifecycle: persistent
    updated_at: YYYY-MM-DD
    path: discovery.agent.md

sub_agents:
  - id: SUB-AGENT-REVIEW-001
    type: sub-agent
    role: discovery-reviewer
    parent: AGENT-DISCOVERY-001
    track: discovery
    lifecycle: ephemeral
    updated_at: YYYY-MM-DD
    path: sub-agents/review.sub-agent.md

specialists:
  - id: db-migration
    description: "Schema changes, migrations, database-level operations"
    triggers: [schema change, migration, ALTER TABLE, ...]
    skills: [implement]
    context_bundle: [...]
    path: specialists.registry.yaml

Quality Checks

Every agent .md file (except README) is represented in the output
All specialists from specialists.registry.yaml are included verbatim
No manually written entries — all agent/sub-agent entries derived from frontmatter
Duplicate id values flagged
generated_at reflects the date of this run
File written to .gaai/core/agents/agents-index.yaml exactly

Non-Goals

This skill must NOT:

Edit any agent .md file or specialists.registry.yaml
Make decisions about which agents are valid or active
Merge conflicting entries — only report them
Be invoked as a dependency of other skills

This skill reads and aggregates — it does not evaluate or decide.