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# Agent Team Kit — SKILL.md *A framework for self-sustaining AI agent teams.* --- ## What This Is A complete team process kit for OpenClaw agents that enables: - **Self-service work queues** — Agents pick up tasks without human bottlenecks - **Clear role ownership** — Everyone knows who does what - **Continuous discovery** — Work flows in automatically - **Proactive operation** — The team runs itself via heartbeat --- ## Quick Start ### 1. Copy the Process Files ```bash # From your workspace root cp -r skills/agent-team-kit/templates/process ./process ``` This creates: - `process/INTAKE.md` — The 5-phase work loop - `process/ROLES.md` — Role definitions - `process/OPPORTUNITIES.md` — Raw ideas/discoveries - `process/BACKLOG.md` — Triaged work queue - `process/STATUS.md` — Who's working on what ### 2. Add Heartbeat Config Merge `templates/HEARTBEAT.md` into your existing `HEARTBEAT.md`: ```bash cat skills/agent-team-kit/templates/HEARTBEAT.md >> HEARTBEAT.md ``` Or copy it directly if you don't have one yet. ### 3. Customize Roles Edit `process/ROLES.md` to match your team: - Rename roles to fit your domain - Add/remove specialized execution roles - Update the human lead section with your name --- ## The Intake Loop ``` DISCOVER → TRIAGE → READY → EXECUTE → FEEDBACK ↑ ↓ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` 1. **Discover** — Find opportunities (Scout role) 2. **Triage** — Decide what's ready (Rhythm role) 3. **Ready** — Self-service queue (any agent) 4. **Execute** — Do the work (assigned agent) 5. **Feedback** — Learn and spawn new ideas (completing agent) --- ## Core Roles | Role | Mission | Owns | |------|---------|------| | **Scout 🔍** | Find opportunities | `OPPORTUNITIES.md`, discovery | | **Rhythm 🥁** | Keep work flowing | `BACKLOG.md`, triage | | **Harmony 🤝** | Keep team healthy | Unblocking, retros | | **[Human]** | Strategic direction | Hard calls, spawning | **Execution roles** (spawn as needed): - Link 🔗 — Builder - Pixel 🎨 — Designer - Sage 🦉 — Architect - Echo 📢 — Voice - Spark ✨ — Creative --- ## Key Principles ### Self-Service If it's in Ready, any agent can pick it up. No approval needed. ### Clear Ownership Every phase has ONE owner. No ambiguity. ### Always Log Ideas, discoveries, completions — if you don't log it, it didn't happen. ### Spawn, Don't Solo Main agent coordinates. Sub-agents execute. Don't do everything yourself. --- ## File Structure ``` process/ ├── INTAKE.md # How the loop works (reference) ├── ROLES.md # Who does what ├── OPPORTUNITIES.md # Raw discoveries (anyone adds) ├── BACKLOG.md # Triaged work (Rhythm maintains) └── STATUS.md # Current activity (self-updated) HEARTBEAT.md # Proactive check triggers ``` --- ## Heartbeat Integration Add to your heartbeat checks: ```markdown ### Team Health (run hourly) - [ ] OPPORTUNITIES.md stale? → Spawn Scout - [ ] Ready queue empty? → Alert Rhythm - [ ] Active work stuck >2h? → Nudge owner - [ ] Any unresolved blockers? → Harmony ``` The heartbeat keeps the loop spinning even when the human isn't watching. --- ## Customization ### Adding a New Role 1. Define in `ROLES.md`: - Mission (one sentence) - Owns (what they're responsible for) - Cadence (how often they work) - Outputs (what they produce) 2. Update the ownership matrix 3. Add spawn criteria in `INTAKE.md` if needed ### Changing the Loop The 5-phase loop is flexible. Adapt it: - Add validation gates between phases - Split EXECUTE into parallel tracks - Add approval checkpoints (if your domain requires it) --- ## Anti-Patterns ❌ Human manually adds every task → Use triage role instead ❌ Waiting for permission to pick up work → Ready = fair game ❌ One agent does everything → Spawn specialists ❌ Ideas stay in heads → Log to OPPORTUNITIES.md ❌ Heartbeat just returns OK → Actually check the loop --- ## Metrics (Optional) Track team health: - **Cycle time** — OPPORTUNITIES → DONE - **Queue depth** — Items in Ready (healthy: 5-15) - **Stale items** — Days since last triage - **Spawn rate** — Sub-agents created per day --- *The system runs itself. Your job is to trust it.*