writing-agents

To design specialized subagents, you define test-driven agent roles with clear persona, scope, anti-patterns, and coordination protocols. This structured approach ensures reliable autonomous task execution by providing deployment-ready agent templates.

Coordinating multiple agents requires explicit deferral rules and coordination protocols applied across the project context. This formalization provides structured frontmatter and templates to ensure specialized subagents interact and hand off tasks reliably.

You set up agent templates by creating a new agent file in the .claude/agents directory named after the task. Restarting Claude Code activates the agent, applying project-context guidance to accelerate setup and validate structured frontmatter.

Test-driven development works for defining subagent roles by ensuring reliable autonomous task execution through validated personas and scopes. This formalization applies to projects requiring clear anti-patterns, deferral rules, and documented workflows.

Explicit deferral rules are needed for multi-agent coordination to prevent scope overlap and ensure structured handoffs between specialized subagents. Without them, autonomous task execution becomes unreliable due to undefined agent boundaries and workflows.