Agent skill

Ma Agent Teams

by htlin222 in htlin222/meta-pipe

Orchestrate agent team for meta-analysis pipeline. An agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Ma Agent Teams

skills CLI
$ npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-agent-teams -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install htlin222/meta-pipe ma-agent-teams --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/htlin222/meta-pipe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ma-agent-teams .claude/skills/ma-agent-teams && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
ma-agent-teams
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~2.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
857 words
Files
11
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Orchestrate agent team for meta-analysis pipeline. An agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe.

  • Works in 4 steps: Sequential Foundation (Stages 00-02) → Parallel Screening (Stage 03) → Sequential Processing (Stages 04-06) → …
  • Tasks that involve Task breakdown
  • SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, When to Use, When NOT to Use and Team Composition, plus 9 more sections
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder; calls uv

What it does

Ma Agent Teams is an agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe. Orchestrate agent team for meta-analysis pipeline. Creates team, spawns teammates, manages task list and handoffs between pipeline stages.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files (for example `hooks/task-completed.sh`, `hooks/teammate-idle.sh` and `prompts/data-extractor.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Task breakdown. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code-powered end-to-end meta-analysis automation: AI-assisted literature review, screening, extraction, analysis, and manuscript generation for systematic reviews and….

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Task breakdown

Example prompts

  • “/ma-agent-teams”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Sequential Foundation (Stages 00-02)
  2. Parallel Screening (Stage 03)
  3. Sequential Processing (Stages 04-06)
  4. Parallel Synthesis (Stages 07-09)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5c5c3f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Ships script files (Shell), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • uv

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Ma Agent Teams loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 857 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.5k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 857 words (~2,480 tokens).

“Coordinate multiple Claude Code instances as a team for parallel meta-analysis work.”

— opening of SKILL.md by htlin222, Custom licence
name
ma-agent-teams

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 10 other files in ma-agent-teams of htlin222/meta-pipe.

  • SKILL.md
  • hooks/task-completed.sh
  • hooks/teammate-idle.sh
  • prompts/data-extractor.md
  • prompts/fulltext-manager.md
  • prompts/manuscript-writer.md
  • prompts/protocol-architect.md
  • prompts/qa-auditor.md
  • prompts/screening-reviewer.md
  • prompts/search-specialist.md
  • prompts/statistician.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5c5c3f0

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Resubmission Deadline Trackeraipoch/medical-research-skills1.9k—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
CCPM Project Managementautomazeio/ccpm8.4k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Ma Agent Teams

What does Ma Agent Teams do?

Orchestrate agent team for meta-analysis pipeline. An agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe. Ma Agent Teams is an agent skill from htlin222/meta-pipe. Orchestrate agent team for meta-analysis pipeline.

When should I use Ma Agent Teams?

Ma Agent Teams fits situations like: tasks that involve Task breakdown.

How do I install Ma Agent Teams in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-agent-teams -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ma-agent-teams in htlin222/meta-pipe) into .claude/skills/ma-agent-teams in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ma Agent Teams in Codex?

Run `npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-agent-teams -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ma-agent-teams in htlin222/meta-pipe) into .agents/skills/ma-agent-teams in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ma Agent Teams in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add htlin222/meta-pipe --skill ma-agent-teams -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ma-agent-teams, .gemini/skills/ma-agent-teams, .github/skills/ma-agent-teams and .opencode/skills/ma-agent-teams in your project.

What does Ma Agent Teams need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ma Agent Teams needs a shell for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (uv). Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Ma Agent Teams access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ma Agent Teams safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Ma Agent Teams use?

Ma Agent Teams has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Ma Agent Teams use?

About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Ma Agent Teams?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ma Agent Teams: Research Planning (lingzhi227/agent-research-skills, 390 stars), Apple Reminders (DrugClaw/DrugClaw, 126 stars), Research Planner (simranjeet97/Awsome_AI_Agents, 229 stars) and Resubmission Deadline Tracker (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 1.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ma Agent Teams?

htlin222 (a GitHub user) maintains it in htlin222/meta-pipe, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

Source: htlin222/meta-pipe on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.