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Agents

Claude Skills includes two types of agents: built-in subagents (.claude/agents/) for autonomous code workflows, and role-based agents (agents/) that combine multiple skills into specialized personas.

Built-In Subagents (6)

Located in .claude/agents/. Invoke with /agents/name in Claude Code.

Agent What It Does Invoke With
code-reviewer Scores code across 5 categories (1-10), flags bugs, security holes, performance issues /agents/code-reviewer
security-auditor OWASP Top 10 audit, secrets scanning, infrastructure security checks /agents/security-auditor
qa-engineer Test coverage analysis, bug hunting, test generation, quality metrics /agents/qa-engineer
doc-generator Generates README, API docs, architecture docs, changelog entries from code /agents/doc-generator
changelog-manager Builds Keep a Changelog entries from git history, determines semver /agents/changelog-manager
git-workflow Conventional commits, branch strategy, PR creation, release workflow /agents/git-workflow

Role-Based Agents (19)

Located in agents/. These are specialized AI personas that orchestrate multiple skills with domain-specific behavior. Each agent file defines the persona, tools, and workflows the agent uses.

Engineering (7)

Agent Role File
cs-tech-lead Technical leadership, architecture reviews, team mentoring agents/engineering/cs-tech-lead.md
cs-engineering-director Engineering management, hiring, process optimization agents/engineering/cs-engineering-director.md
cs-architecture-reviewer Architecture review, system design validation agents/engineering/cs-architecture-reviewer.md
cs-code-auditor Deep code audit, quality analysis, refactoring recommendations agents/engineering/cs-code-auditor.md
cs-doc-writer Technical documentation, API docs, architecture guides agents/engineering/cs-doc-writer.md
cs-security-engineer Security engineering, threat modeling, vulnerability assessment agents/engineering/cs-security-engineer.md
cs-security-auditor Multi-phase source security audit with independent verification; breadth tier chosen per run agents/engineering/cs-security-auditor.md

C-Level (3)

Agent Role File
cs-ceo-advisor Strategic planning, board governance, investor relations agents/c-level/cs-ceo-advisor.md
cs-cto-advisor Technical strategy, architecture decisions, engineering leadership agents/c-level/cs-cto-advisor.md
cs-cfo-advisor Financial planning, fundraising, unit economics agents/c-level/cs-cfo-advisor.md

Compliance (2)

Agent Role File
cs-compliance-auditor Multi-framework compliance audit across 18 standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, NIST CSF 2.0, CCPA) agents/compliance/cs-compliance-auditor.md
cs-ciso-advisor Security strategy, risk quantification, compliance roadmap agents/compliance/cs-ciso-advisor.md

Marketing (3)

Agent Role File
cs-content-creator Content strategy, brand voice, SEO optimization agents/marketing/cs-content-creator.md
cs-demand-gen-specialist Demand generation, paid media, lead nurturing agents/marketing/cs-demand-gen-specialist.md
cs-seo-analyst Technical SEO, keyword research, analytics agents/marketing/cs-seo-analyst.md

Product (1)

Agent Role File
cs-product-manager Product strategy, roadmap planning, user research agents/product/cs-product-manager.md

Cross-Functional (4)

Agent Role File
cs-cmo-advisor Marketing leadership, brand strategy, demand generation agents/cs-cmo-advisor.md
cs-design-lead Design leadership, design systems, UX strategy agents/cs-design-lead.md
cs-growth-lead Growth strategy, experimentation, product-led growth agents/cs-growth-lead.md
cs-privacy-officer Data privacy, GDPR/CCPA compliance, privacy engineering agents/cs-privacy-officer.md

How Agents Orchestrate Skills

Agents combine multiple skills to handle complex, multi-step workflows. When you invoke an agent, it:

  1. Activates its persona with role-specific expertise and communication style
  2. Selects relevant skills from its domain based on the task
  3. Runs Python tools from those skills to gather data and produce analysis
  4. Synthesizes results into structured, actionable output

Example Workflow: Engineering Director

When asked to "review our engineering health," the cs-engineering-director agent might:

  1. Run code_quality_analyzer.py across key services (from senior-fullstack)
  2. Analyze test coverage patterns (from senior-qa)
  3. Check dependency health (from dependency-auditor)
  4. Review CI/CD pipeline efficiency (from devops-workflow-engineer)
  5. Produce a consolidated engineering health report with recommendations

Example Workflow: Compliance Auditor

When asked to "audit SOC 2 readiness," the cs-compliance-auditor agent might:

  1. Run infrastructure security checks (from infrastructure-compliance-auditor)
  2. Evaluate access control policies (from soc2-compliance-expert)
  3. Check encryption and secrets management (from information-security-manager-iso27001)
  4. Cross-reference findings against SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria
  5. Produce a gap analysis with remediation priorities