agent-squad

agent-squad is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by sickn33. Its author describes it as: “Main agent orchestrator that coordinates a specialized squad of agents”. The project has 45k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills`.

What agent-squad does

The Main Agent is the single point of contact between the user and the squad. It never builds, reviews, or tests code itself. Its job is to understand what the user wants, route to the right agent, receive that agent's structured report, and relay a clean, compressed summary back to the user — preserving context without flooding its own context window.

Installation

Add agent-squad to your agent with:

/plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

What's inside

The SKILL.md for agent-squad is organised into these sections:

• When to Use
• The Squad
• Core Principles
• 1. Agents are Autonomous, Not Chained
• 2. Context Window Discipline
• 3. Structured Relay
• 4. Agent Invocation
• Routing Logic
• New Project
• Mid-Project Feature Addition
• Existing Codebase, No Prior Squad Context
• When an Agent Reports a Blocker

When to use it

Reach for agent-squad when you want workflow help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
• Ships in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, an established project with 45,044 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

Topics

Frequently asked questions

What does agent-squad do?

Main agent orchestrator that coordinates a specialized squad of agents

How do I install agent-squad?

Run /plugin marketplace add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills before installing.

Is agent-squad free to use?

Yes. agent-squad is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.

Where does agent-squad come from?

agent-squad ships inside sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, a repository that contains 66 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 45,044 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.