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Agent Discovery Skill

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Discovers all Claude Code agents in the system including built-in, plugin, project, and user-level agents. Use when you need to find which agents are available, understand the agent ecosystem, or prepare agents for Actoris registration.

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Agent Discovery Skill

Use this skill to discover and catalog all Claude Code agents.

What You Can Find

Built-in Agents (Always Available)

AgentModelPurpose
ExplorehaikuFast codebase exploration
PlansonnetImplementation planning
general-purposesonnetComplex multi-step tasks
claude-code-guidesonnetClaude Code documentation
statusline-setuphaikuStatus line configuration

Custom Agent Locations

  1. Project Agents: .claude/​agents/​*.md
  2. User Agents: ~/​.claude/​agents/​*.md
  3. Plugin Agents: {plugin-root}/​agents/​*.md

Agent File Format

Custom agents are Markdown files with YAML frontmatter:

---
name: my-agent
description: What this agent does and when to use it
tools: Read, Write, Bash  # Comma-separated
model: sonnet  # sonnet, opus, haiku, or inherit
skills: skill1, skill2  # Optional
---

# Agent Instructions

Your agent prompt goes here...

Discovery Commands

Find Project Agents

ls -la .claude/​agents/​*.md 2>/​dev/​null

Find User Agents

ls -la ~/​.claude/​agents/​*.md 2>/​dev/​null

Parse Agent Metadata

grep -A 5 "^---" .claude/​agents/​my-agent.md | head -10

MCP Integration

Use the Actoris MCP tool for structured discovery:

list_claude_code_agents(source="all", detailed=true)

Returns JSON with:

  • Total agent count by source
  • Agent name, description, tools, model
  • File path for custom agents

After Discovery

Once agents are discovered, they can be:

  1. Registered with Actoris via register_agent_with_actoris
  2. Monitored for trust scores
  3. Tracked in the Darwinian leaderboard
  4. Included in AGDP calculations

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