Agents

Claude Skills includes two types of agents: built-in subagents (.claude/agents/) for autonomous code workflows, and role-based agents (agents/) that combine multiple skills into specialized personas.

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Built-In Subagents (6)

Located in .claude/agents/. Invoke with /agents/name in Claude Code.

Agent	What It Does	Invoke With
code-reviewer	Scores code across 5 categories (1-10), flags bugs, security holes, performance issues	/agents/code-reviewer
security-auditor	OWASP Top 10 audit, secrets scanning, infrastructure security checks	/agents/security-auditor
qa-engineer	Test coverage analysis, bug hunting, test generation, quality metrics	/agents/qa-engineer
doc-generator	Generates README, API docs, architecture docs, changelog entries from code	/agents/doc-generator
changelog-manager	Builds Keep a Changelog entries from git history, determines semver	/agents/changelog-manager
git-workflow	Conventional commits, branch strategy, PR creation, release workflow	/agents/git-workflow

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Role-Based Agents (19)

Located in agents/. These are specialized AI personas that orchestrate multiple skills with domain-specific behavior. Each agent file defines the persona, tools, and workflows the agent uses.

Engineering (6)

Agent	Role	File
cs-tech-lead	Technical leadership, architecture reviews, team mentoring	agents/engineering/cs-tech-lead.md
cs-engineering-director	Engineering management, hiring, process optimization	agents/engineering/cs-engineering-director.md
cs-architecture-reviewer	Architecture review, system design validation	agents/engineering/cs-architecture-reviewer.md
cs-code-auditor	Deep code audit, quality analysis, refactoring recommendations	agents/engineering/cs-code-auditor.md
cs-doc-writer	Technical documentation, API docs, architecture guides	agents/engineering/cs-doc-writer.md
cs-security-engineer	Security engineering, threat modeling, vulnerability assessment	agents/engineering/cs-security-engineer.md

C-Level (3)

Agent	Role	File
cs-ceo-advisor	Strategic planning, board governance, investor relations	agents/c-level/cs-ceo-advisor.md
cs-cto-advisor	Technical strategy, architecture decisions, engineering leadership	agents/c-level/cs-cto-advisor.md
cs-cfo-advisor	Financial planning, fundraising, unit economics	agents/c-level/cs-cfo-advisor.md

Compliance (2)

Agent	Role	File
cs-compliance-auditor	Multi-framework compliance audit across 18 standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, EU AI Act, NIS2, DORA, NIST CSF 2.0, CCPA)	agents/compliance/cs-compliance-auditor.md
cs-ciso-advisor	Security strategy, risk quantification, compliance roadmap	agents/compliance/cs-ciso-advisor.md

Marketing (3)

Agent	Role	File
cs-content-creator	Content strategy, brand voice, SEO optimization	agents/marketing/cs-content-creator.md
cs-demand-gen-specialist	Demand generation, paid media, lead nurturing	agents/marketing/cs-demand-gen-specialist.md
cs-seo-analyst	Technical SEO, keyword research, analytics	agents/marketing/cs-seo-analyst.md

Product (1)

Agent	Role	File
cs-product-manager	Product strategy, roadmap planning, user research	agents/product/cs-product-manager.md

Cross-Functional (4)

Agent	Role	File
cs-cmo-advisor	Marketing leadership, brand strategy, demand generation	agents/cs-cmo-advisor.md
cs-design-lead	Design leadership, design systems, UX strategy	agents/cs-design-lead.md
cs-growth-lead	Growth strategy, experimentation, product-led growth	agents/cs-growth-lead.md
cs-privacy-officer	Data privacy, GDPR/CCPA compliance, privacy engineering	agents/cs-privacy-officer.md

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How Agents Orchestrate Skills

Agents combine multiple skills to handle complex, multi-step workflows. When you invoke an agent, it:

1. Activates its persona with role-specific expertise and communication style
2. Selects relevant skills from its domain based on the task
3. Runs Python tools from those skills to gather data and produce analysis
4. Synthesizes results into structured, actionable output

Example Workflow: Engineering Director

When asked to "review our engineering health," the cs-engineering-director agent might:

1. Run code_quality_analyzer.py across key services (from senior-fullstack)
2. Analyze test coverage patterns (from senior-qa)
3. Check dependency health (from dependency-auditor)
4. Review CI/CD pipeline efficiency (from devops-workflow-engineer)
5. Produce a consolidated engineering health report with recommendations

Example Workflow: Compliance Auditor

When asked to "audit SOC 2 readiness," the cs-compliance-auditor agent might:

1. Run infrastructure security checks (from infrastructure-compliance-auditor)
2. Evaluate access control policies (from soc2-compliance-expert)
3. Check encryption and secrets management (from information-security-manager-iso27001)
4. Cross-reference findings against SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria
5. Produce a gap analysis with remediation priorities