# agent-composer

This skill maps a task to available agents and proposes a dispatch plan, including parallel work for independent tasks. It can ask follow-up questions when the request is unclear.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 30
- Author: chrono-meta
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/chrono-meta/forge-harness/tree/HEAD/plugins/fh-meta/skills/agent-composer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agent-composer

## What it does

agent-composer reads the task, identifies its scope and constraints, then checks project-local skills and available agents. It scores each agent against the relevant subtask and keeps the proposed lineup to the minimum needed. If capability fit falls short, it can seek another agent recommendation and ask whether to install it.

Independent tasks can be proposed for parallel dispatch. The skill coordinates the work rather than doing it: after user approval, it gathers agent results and presents an integrated report. That distinction matters if you expect the skill itself to edit project files.

For project-local skills it checks `LOCAL_SKILL_REGISTRY.md`; external plugins are looked up through `.mcp.json` or `CLAUDE.md`. The plan depends on the agents and their declared tools and capabilities available in the project or installed plugins.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrono-meta/forge-harness --skill agent-composer -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/agent-composer/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agent-composer/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrono-meta/forge-harness --skill agent-composer -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/agent-composer/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrono-meta/forge-harness --skill agent-composer -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/agent-composer/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install chrono-meta/forge-harness agent-composer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/agent-composer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrono-meta/forge-harness --skill agent-composer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/chrono-meta/forge-harness --path plugins/fh-meta/skills/agent-composer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/agent-composer/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrono-meta/forge-harness --skill agent-composer -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/chrono-meta/forge-harness/tree/HEAD/plugins/fh-meta/skills/agent-composer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- choose agents that match a task’s requirements
- split independent work for parallel dispatch
- check whether an agent’s capabilities fit a subtask
- combine results from multiple agents into one report

## Example prompts
- Use `/agent-composer` to choose agents for this task and draft a dispatch plan.
- Split the independent parts of this work and suggest which agents can run in parallel.
- Check the available agents for this project and recommend a minimal lineup.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: agent-composer
description: Reads the current work context and plans the optimal agent dispatch. Clarifies direction with 1-2 questions when unclear; infers and proceeds immediately when execution path is unclear. Runs an automatic recording gate after each Wave completes. Triggered by "compose agents", "which agent should I use?", "run in parallel", or "agent-composer".
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Bash", "Glob", "Grep", "Agent", "Skill"]
model-note: session-inherit — Sonnet base is first-class (sonnet_floor_doctrine.md); depth-critical judged steps route to dispatch (opus agent / cross-family sidecar, consent-gated), never a substrate requirement
---

# agent-composer — Agent Composition Layer

A coordinator skill that reads the work context and decides "which agents to dispatch, when, and in what order."
Selects the optimal combination from the FH skill pool and either outputs a fan-out plan or executes it directly.

## Triggers

- `/agent-composer`
- "Which agent should I use?", "Pick one automatically", "Compose the agents"
- "Set up the agents", "Decide which agents to use"
- "Split the work and run in parallel", "Process with multiple agents"
- "Build the dispatch plan", "Run in parallel splits"
- When the task is complex or spans multiple projects

## Core Principles

- **Compose only**: Does not perform work directly. Outputs the dispatch plan and executes after user approval.
- **Parallel first**: When 2+ tasks are independent, propose parallel fan-out instead of sequential.
- **Minimal composition**: Only the agents needed. Over-provisioning agents creates inefficiency.
- **Coordinator ≠ executor**: Only collects results (fan-in) and presents an integrated report.

---

## Step 0. Context Collection

Identify 4 items from the request: task type · scope · constraints · natural-language goal → skill mapping.
Check `LOCAL_SKILL_REGISTRY.md` for project-local skills; check `.mcp.json` or `CLAUDE.md` for external plugins.

> **Detail**: See `SKILL_detail.md §Step-0` — NL pattern mapping table, cross-install detection, registry lookup format — read when auto-mapping an ambiguous request.

---

## Step 0.2 — Capability Fit Analysis

> **Schema**: `knowledge/shared/harness-core/tpa_schema.md` — `artifact_type` enum determines `role_match` lookup domain for scoring.
> Runs before dispatching agents. **Skip if user specifies exact agents by name.**

For each subtask in the composition plan:

1. **Read agent registry**: `.claude/agents/*.md` + installed plugin agents  
   Extract: `role` · `allowed_tools` · `writes` · `declared_capabilities`
2. **Score capability fit**: `[subtask_type]` × `[agent capabilities]` → `fit_score` (0.0–1.0)
3. **GAP**: `fit_score < 0.5` for a required-weight subtask  
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