Is the Agent Types skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from zircote/claude-team-orchestration. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Agent Types SkillProof Score?

8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 3/5.

How do I install Agent Types?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Agent Types with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Agent Types

Reference catalog matching built-in and plugin agent types (Explore, Plan, sdlc:*, swarm:rlm-*) to tasks.

by zircote · zircote/claude-team-orchestration

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 8.4/10
Tested: Jul 15, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · b19039c

A verbatim single-folder copy breaks: the skill's own body links to 4 sibling skills (../orchestrating, ../team-management, ../orchestration-patterns, ../rlm-pattern) that live outside the agent-types folder in the source repo, and roughly two-thirds of the document's content (the whole 'Plugin Agent Types' catalog: sdlc:*, feature-dev:*, refactor:*, code-simplifier:*, adr:*, swarm:rlm-*, auto-harness:*, human-voice:*) only works if the user has separately installed each of those 8 named plugins, which the doc never flags as a prerequisite.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 5/5
Triggers reliably 5/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 3/5

What Agent Types does

A lookup table for choosing the right `subagent_type` for a Task() call -- built-in types (Bash, Explore, Plan, general-purpose, claude-code-guide, statusline-setup) plus an extensive catalog of plugin-provided agents (sdlc:, feature-dev:, refactor:, code-simplifier:, adr:, swarm:rlm-*, auto-harness:, human-voice:) grouped by review/research/refactoring/RLM-chunk-analysis role. Triggers when selecting an agent type, comparing agent capabilities/tool access, or matching an agent to a task.

How to install Agent Types

git clone https://github.com/zircote/claude-team-orchestration
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r claude-team-orchestration/skills/agent-types ~/.claude/skills/agent-types

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Agent Types

/agent-types Reference catalog matching built-in and plugin agent types (Explore, Plan, sdlc:*, swarm:rlm-*) to tasks.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Which subagent type should I use for exploring this large codebase?
What's the difference between the Explore and Plan agent types here?
Help me pick the right agent type for an explore-plan-implement workflow

Frequently asked questions

Is the Agent Types skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from zircote/claude-team-orchestration. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Agent Types work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 15, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. A verbatim single-folder copy breaks: the skill's own body links to 4 sibling skills (../orchestrating, ../team-management, ../orchestration-patterns, ../rlm-pattern) that live outside the agent-types folder in the source repo, and roughly two-thirds of the document's content (the whole 'Plugin Agent Types' catalog: sdlc:*, feature-dev:*, refactor:*, code-simplifier:*, adr:*, swarm:rlm-*, auto-harness:*, human-voice:*) only works if the user has separately installed each of those 8 named plugins, which the doc never flags as a prerequisite.
What is the Agent Types SkillProof Score?: 8.4/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 3/5.
How do I install Agent Types?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Agent Types with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.