agent-design

Use when designing Copilot agents, skills, or instruction assets for a shared customization repo.

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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.

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Use when designing Copilot agents, skills, or instruction assets for a shared customization repo. USE FOR: design a new Copilot agent, scaffold a skill folder, create an instruction file, choose agent vs skill vs instruction, author agent frontmatter and conventions. DO NOT USE FOR: implementing product features, troubleshooting runtime incidents, deploying infrastructure.

Use cases: design, devops, agent-building

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Skill name: agent-design
Description: Use when designing Copilot agents, skills, or instruction assets for a shared customization repo. USE FOR: design a new Copilot agent, scaffold a skill folder, create an instruction file, choose agent vs skill vs instruction, author agent frontmatter and conventions. DO NOT USE FOR: implementing product features, troubleshooting runtime incidents, deploying infrastructure.
License: MIT
Metadata: domain: agent-development · category: agent-development · maturity: production
Instructions: 23 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

Agent Skills spec issues

compatibility: must be text of at most 500 characters
allowed-tools: must be a space-separated string

Files (5)

SKILL.md
agent-template.md
eval.yaml
instruction-template.md
skill-template.md

SKILL.md (first lines)

# Agent Design Skill

Design, scaffold, or author Copilot agent definitions, skill folders, and instruction files for a shared customization repository.

## Template Index

| Template | Purpose | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Agent definition | Scaffold a new `.agent.md` with frontmatter and standard sections | `agent-template.md` |
| Skill folder | Scaffold a new skill with `SKILL.md` and supporting structure | `skill-template.md` |
| Instruction file | Scaffold a reusable instruction file | `instruction-template.md` |

## Conventions & Guardrails

- Agent filenames: `<kebab-case-name>.agent.md`; skill folders: `skills/<name>/SKILL.md`; instruction files: `instructions/<name>.instructions.md`
- All files use YAML frontmatter fenced by `---`; descriptions include trigger phrases for discovery
- Do not create an agent when a skill or instruction would suffice; check inventory for duplicates
- Keep each primitive scoped to a single responsibility; validate frontmatter with a YAML linter

## Agent Pairing

Use with `agent-designer` agent (primary consumer). `prompt-engineer` agent optimizes instruction text.

From ivegamsft/basecoat, MIT.

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Stars: 4
Forks: 1
Open issues: 10
Last commit (this folder): Jun 26, 2026 (4 months ago)
Last release: Oct 11, 2026 (17 days ago)

From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026).

Details

License: MIT
Repository: github.com/ivegamsft/basecoat
Website: ivegamsft.github.io/basecoat/
First seen: Oct 24, 2026
Last checked: Oct 24, 2026
Source: GitHub github-graphql

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agent-design skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/ivegamsft-agent-design (last updated 2026-10-24)