agent-development
Skill from anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Install
npx skills add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill agent-development
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install plugin-dev@claude-plugins-official
This skill is part of the plugin “plugin-dev”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the agent-development skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Works with Anthropics Technology Ltd
Questions about agent-development
What does the agent-development skill do?
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create an agent", "add an agent", "write a subagent", "agent frontmatter", "when to use description", "agent examples", "agent tools", "agent colors", "autonomous agent", or needs guidance on agent structure, system prompts, triggering conditions, or agent development best practices for Claude Code plugins.
How do I install agent-development?
In a terminal: npx skills add anthropics/claude-plugins-official --skill agent-development. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use agent-development?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is agent-development safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
Which tool is agent-development for?
agent-development comes from the makers of Anthropics Technology Ltd and helps your agent work with it.
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