subagent-definition-files

Conventions for creating, editing, renaming and checking AI subagent definition files in user-level, project-level or project-local agents directories. Covers required and optional YAML frontmatter fields with accepted values and defaults, kebab-case names matched to filenames, imperative single-purpose prompt bodies, an alphabetized README.md index kept in step with every change, memory entrypoint size limits, and a validation routine that pairs the wagents validate command with read-only frontmatter and index checks after every frontmatter change. Use when creating, editing, renaming or auditing agent definition files at any directory level. Not for writing skills, configuring MCP servers or editing CLAUDE.md.

Version

v1.0.0

Size

16 KB

Updated

2026-10-10

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