Description
team-composition-patterns is an agent skill from the wshobson/agents collection for designing multi-agent teams in Claude Code's Agent Teams feature. It gives best practices for deciding how many teammates to start for a task, using sizing heuristics, choosing between preset team configurations, and selecting the right agent type, the subagent_type, for each role. It also covers configuring how teammates are displayed, whether in tmux, in iTerm2 or in process, and building custom team compositions for workflows that the presets do not fit. The main point is that more agents are not always better: a team adds coordination cost, so the size should match how much independent work the task contains. The skill applies when deciding how many teammates to spawn, choosing among presets, matching agent types to roles, setting display modes, and designing a non-standard team. The sizing advice is a starting point, and the results should be judged on the task's actual output, since the right team for one kind of work can be too big for another. The skill is installed with the skills CLI from the wshobson/agents repository. Its skills.sh page showed about 9.4K installs and passing results from three security audits at the time of the scan.…
Highlights
- Team sizing heuristics
- Preset team configurations
- Agent type selection per role
- Display modes: tmux, iTerm2 and in-process
- Custom compositions for non-standard workflows
- Installs with the skills CLI
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team-composition-patterns FAQ
How do I decide how many teammates to use?
The skill gives sizing heuristics. A team adds coordination cost, so the size should match the independent work in the task.
What display modes are covered?
tmux, iTerm2 and in-process display for teammates.
Can I build my own team?
Yes. The skill covers custom compositions for workflows that the presets do not fit.
What is subagent_type?
The agent type chosen for each role on the team, which the skill covers.
How do I install it?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/wshobson/agents --skill team-composition-patterns.
What security audits does it have?
skills.sh lists three audits: Gen Agent Trust Hub Pass, Socket Pass and Snyk Pass.
What are the best team-composition-patterns alternatives?
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