Agent Team Kit

Agent Team Kit — SKILL.md

*A framework for self-sustaining AI agent teams.*

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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

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Quick Start

1. Copy the Process Files

# 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:

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

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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)

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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

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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.

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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

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Heartbeat Integration

Add to your heartbeat checks:

### 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.

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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)

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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

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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

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*The system runs itself. Your job is to trust it.*

1. Copy the Process Files

# 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:

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

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