Agent skill

Building Multiagent Systems

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

This skill should be used when designing or implementing systems with multiple AI agents that coordinate to accomplish tasks.

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Install Building Multiagent Systems

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-multiagent-systems -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace building-multiagent-systems --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/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/2389-research/building-multiagent-systems .claude/skills/building-multiagent-systems && 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
building-multiagent-systems
GitHub stars
430
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
913 words
Files
7 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1,085
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

This skill should be used when designing or implementing systems with multiple AI agents that coordinate to accomplish tasks.

  • Works in 6 steps: Starting Point - Greenfield, adding to… → Primary Use Case - Parallel work,… → Scale Expectations - Small (2-5 agents),… → …
  • Parallel agents
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Discovery Questions (Required), Foundational Architecture and Seven Coordination Patterns, plus 7 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Building Multiagent Systems is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. This skill should be used when designing or implementing systems with multiple AI agents that coordinate to accomplish tasks. Triggers on "multi-agent", "orchestrator", "sub-agent", "coordination", "delegation", "parallel agents", "sequential pipeline", "fan-out", "map-reduce", "spawn agents", "agent hierarchy".

Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/coordination-patterns.md`, `references/four-layer-architecture.md` and `references/maker-pattern.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Subagents and Multi-agent orchestration. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Parallel agents
  • Sequential pipeline
  • Agent hierarchy

Example prompts

  • “multi-agent”
  • “orchestrator”
  • “sub-agent”
  • “/building-multiagent-systems”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Starting Point - Greenfield, adding to existing system, or fixing current implementation?
  2. Primary Use Case - Parallel work, sequential pipeline, recursive delegation, peer collaboration, work queues, or other?
  3. Scale Expectations - Small (2-5 agents), medium (10-50), or large (100+)?
  4. State Requirements - Stateless runs, session-based, or persistent across crashes?
  5. Tool Coordination - Independent agents, shared read-only resources, write coordination, or rate-limited APIs?
  6. Existing Constraints - Language, framework, performance needs, compliance requirements?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ac52da. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Building Multiagent Systems loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~8.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 913 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~85
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~8.8k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 913 words (~2,216 tokens).

“Comprehensive architecture patterns for multi-agent systems where AI agents coordinate to accomplish complex tasks using tools. Language-agnostic and applicable across TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, and other environments.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
building-multiagent-systems

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 6 other files (references) in skills/2389-research/building-multiagent-systems of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/coordination-patterns.md
  • references/four-layer-architecture.md
  • references/maker-pattern.md
  • references/production-hardening.md
  • references/tool-coordination.md
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ac52da

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Building Multiagent Systems

What does Building Multiagent Systems do?

This skill should be used when designing or implementing systems with multiple AI agents that coordinate to accomplish tasks. Building Multiagent Systems is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. This skill should be used when designing or implementing systems with multiple AI agents that coordinate to accomplish tasks.

When should I use Building Multiagent Systems?

Building Multiagent Systems fits situations like: parallel agents; sequential pipeline; agent hierarchy.

How do I install Building Multiagent Systems in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-multiagent-systems -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/2389-research/building-multiagent-systems in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/building-multiagent-systems in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Building Multiagent Systems in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-multiagent-systems -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/2389-research/building-multiagent-systems in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/building-multiagent-systems in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Building Multiagent Systems 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 aiskillstore/marketplace --skill building-multiagent-systems -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/building-multiagent-systems, .gemini/skills/building-multiagent-systems, .github/skills/building-multiagent-systems and .opencode/skills/building-multiagent-systems in your project.

What does Building Multiagent Systems need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Building Multiagent Systems is instructions for the agent only.

Does Building Multiagent Systems access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Building Multiagent Systems 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 Building Multiagent Systems use?

No licence was found for Building Multiagent Systems or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Building Multiagent Systems use?

About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 6.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Building Multiagent Systems?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Building Multiagent Systems: Paseo Advisor Second Opinion (getpaseo/paseo, 20k stars), O2 Review Loop (openobserve/openobserve, 22k stars), Harness Agent Team Designer (revfactory/harness, 9.1k stars) and ClawTeam Multi-Agent Swarm (win4r/ClawTeam-OpenClaw, 1.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Building Multiagent Systems?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,085 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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