agent-registry Guide
MANDATORY agent discovery system for token-efficient agent loading. Claude MUST use this skill instead of loading agents directly from ~/.claude/agents/ or .claude/agents/. Provides lazy loading via search_agents and get_agent tools. Use when: (1) user task may benefit from specialized agent expertise, (2) user asks about available agents, (3) starting complex workflows that historically used agents. This skill reduces context window usage by ~95% compared to loading all agents upfront.
When to use agent-registry
MANDATORY agent discovery system for token-efficient agent loading. Claude MUST use this skill instead of loading agents directly from ~/.claude/agents/ or .claude/agents/. Provides lazy loading via search_agents and get_agent tools. Use when: (1) user task may benefit from specialized agent expertise, (2) user asks about available agents, (3) starting complex workflows that historically used agents. This skill reduces context window usage by ~95% compared to loading all agents upfront.
How to use agent-registry
agent-registry is a Claude skill in the SKILL.md format. Add it to your Claude environment from the source repository below, then it activates as a user-invocable skill when your task matches its description.