Customaize Agent
Commands and skills for writing and refining commands, hooks, skills for Claude Code, includes Anthropic Best Practices and Agent Persuasion Principles that can be useful for sub-agent workflows.
- Type
- Plugin
- Repository
- NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit
- GitHub stars
- 1.7k
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Repo last updated
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 3.0.0
- Author
- Vlad Goncharov
What Customaize Agent is
Customaize Agent is a plugin published in the NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit repository on GitHub, which has about 1.7k stars. The repository describes itself as: “Hand-crafted Claude Code Skills focused on improving agent results quality. Compatible with OpenCode, Cursor, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, and others. Includes CodeRabbit open-source alternative.”
A plugin is a package that bundles skills, slash commands, subagents, hooks, and MCP connectors so they install together. Plugins are plain files with a manifest at .claude-plugin/plugin.json, and they work in both Claude Code and Claude Cowork.
Installing Customaize Agent adds everything it ships in one step. Connectors inside a plugin still need to be connected separately, and hooks and subagents only run in Cowork and Claude Code, not in regular chat.
How to install Customaize Agent
Claude Code
- Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit
- Install the plugin: claude plugin install customaize-agent@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.
- Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Claude Cowork
- Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace.
- Enter NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub).
- Find Customaize Agent in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.
Inside the source file
An excerpt from plugins/customaize-agent/.claude-plugin/plugin.json, shared under the repository's GPL-3.0 license. Read the full file on GitHub.
Framework for creating, testing, and optimizing Claude Code extensions including commands, skills, and hooks with built-in prompt engineering best practices.
Focused on:
- Extension creation - Interactive assistants for building commands, skills, and hooks with proper structure
- TDD for prompts - RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle applied to prompt engineering with subagent testing
- Anthropic best practices - Official guidelines for skill authoring, progressive disclosure, and discoverability
- Prompt optimization - Persuasion principles and token efficiency techniques
Plugin Target
- Build reusable extensions - Create commands, skills, and hooks that follow established patterns
- Ensure prompt quality - Test prompts before deployment using isolated subagent scenarios
- Optimize for discoverability - Apply Claude Search Optimization (CSO) principles
Overview
The Customaize Agent plugin provides a complete toolkit for extending Claude Code's capabilities. It applies Test-Driven Development principles to prompt engineering: you write test scenarios first, watch agents fail, create prompts that address those failures, and iterate until bulletproof.
The plugin is built on Anthropic's official skill authoring best practices and research-backed persuasion principles (Prompting Science Report 3 - persuasion techniques more than doubled compliance rates from 33% to 72%).
Quick Start
# Install the plugin
/plugin install customaize-agent@NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit
# Create a new agent
> /create-agent code-reviewer "Review code for quality"
# Create a new command
> /create-command validate API documentation
# Create a new skill
> /create-skill image-editor
# Test a prompt before deployment
> /test-prompt
# Apply Anthropic's best practices to a skill
> /apply-anthropic-skill-best-practicesUsage Examples
Commands
- /create-agent - Comprehensive guide for creating Claude Code agents with proper structure, triggering conditions, system prompts, and validation. Combines official Anthropic best practices with proven patterns.
- /create-command - Interactive assistant for creating new Claude commands with proper structure, patterns, and MCP tool integration.
- /create-workflow-command - Create commands that orchestrate multi-step workflows by dispatching sub-agents with task-specific instructions stored in separate files. Solves the context bloat problem by keeping orchestrator commands lean.
- /create-skill - Guide for creating effective skills using a TDD-based approach. This command treats skill creation as Test-Driven Development applied to process documentation.
- /create-hook - Analyze the project, suggest practical Claude Code hooks, and create them with proper testing. Intelligent project analysis detects tooling and suggests relevant hooks.
- /test-prompt - Test any prompt (commands, hooks, skills, subagent instructions) using the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle with subagents for isolated testing.
- /test-skill - Verify skills work under pressure and resist rationalization using the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle. Critical for discipline-enforcing skills.
- /apply-anthropic-skill-best-practices - Comprehensive guide for skill development based on Anthropic's official best practices. Use for complex skills requiring detailed structure and optimization.
Skills
- prompt-engineering - Advanced prompt engineering techniques including Anthropic's official best practices and research-backed persuasion principles.
- context-engineering - Use when writing, editing, or optimizing commands, skills, or sub-agent prompts. Provides deep understanding of context mechanics in agent systems.
- agent-evaluation - Use when testing prompt effectiveness, validating context engineering choices, or measuring agent improvement quality.
Theoretical Foundation
The Customaize Agent plugin is based on:
Persuasion Research
- Prompting Science Report 3 - Tested 7 persuasion principles with N=28,000 AI conversations. Persuasion techniques more than doubled compliance rates (33% to 72%, p < .001), based on related SSRN work on persuasion principles.
Before you install
- Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
- Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
- Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
- Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
- Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.
FAQ
What is Customaize Agent?
Customaize Agent is a plugin for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit repository on GitHub. Commands and skills for writing and refining commands, hooks, skills for Claude Code, includes Anthropic Best Practices and Agent Persuasion Principles that can be useful for sub-agent workflows.
How do I install Customaize Agent in Claude Code?
Add the repository as a plugin marketplace: claude plugin marketplace add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit Install the plugin: claude plugin install customaize-agent@<marketplace-name>, using the marketplace name from the repository's .claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Restart the session if the new skills or commands don't appear straight away.
Can I use Customaize Agent in Claude Cowork?
Open Customize → Plugins and choose Add marketplace. Enter NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit (the owner/repo shorthand works for GitHub). Find Customaize Agent in the list, click Install, then connect any connectors it needs from its Connectors tab.
Is Customaize Agent safe to install?
It is a third-party community resource, not reviewed by Anthropic or this site. Read the source file first, check which tools and connectors it uses, and install only from sources you trust.
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