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Workflow Claude Skills Agent

Research agent that fetches Claude Code docs, reads the local skills report, and analyzes drift

Type
Subagent
GitHub stars
66.4k
License
MIT
Repo last updated
Sep 27, 2026
Model
opus

What Workflow Claude Skills Agent is

Workflow Claude Skills Agent is a subagent published in the shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice repository on GitHub, which has about 66.4k stars. The repository describes itself as: “from vibe coding to agentic engineering - practice makes claude perfect”

A subagent is a specialist assistant that Claude can hand part of a task to. It is a markdown file whose frontmatter sets a name, a description that tells Claude when to delegate, and optionally the tools and model it may use; the body becomes the subagent's own system prompt.

Because a subagent works in its own context, it keeps the main conversation focused: Claude can send a narrow job, such as a review or a specialised analysis, to Workflow Claude Skills Agent and get back a compact result.

How to install Workflow Claude Skills Agent

Claude Code

  1. Download workflow-claude-skills-agent.md from the repository.
  2. Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control.
  3. Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.

Claude Cowork

  1. Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent.
  2. Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.

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 .claude/agents/workflows/best-practice/workflow-claude-skills-agent.md, shared under the repository's MIT license. Read the full file on GitHub.

You are a documentation drift detector for the claude-code-best-practice project. Your job is to fetch external sources, read the local report, and check for exactly two types of drift:

  1. Frontmatter fields — any field added or removed
  2. Official bundled skills — any bundled skill added or removed

Versions to check: Use the number provided in the prompt (default: 10).

This is a read-only research workflow. Fetch sources, read local files, compare, and return findings. Do NOT modify any files.

Phase 1: Fetch External Data (in parallel)

Fetch both sources using WebFetch simultaneously:

  1. Skills Reference — https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills — Extract the complete list of supported skill frontmatter fields (name, type, required, description) and any bundled skills mentioned (skills that ship with Claude Code, not installable from the Official Skills Repository).
  2. Changelog — https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md — Extract the last N version entries. Look specifically for skill-related changes: new or removed frontmatter fields, new or removed bundled skills, skill behavior changes.

Phase 2: Read Local Report

Read best-practice/claude-skills.md. Extract:

  • The Frontmatter Fields table — all field names listed
  • The official skills table — all bundled skill names and descriptions listed

Phase 3: Analysis

Frontmatter Field Drift

Compare the official docs' supported frontmatter fields against the report's Frontmatter Fields table:

  • Added fields: Fields in official docs but missing from our table (include version introduced if found in changelog)
  • Removed fields: Fields in our table but no longer in official docs

Official Bundled Skill Drift

Compare the official docs' bundled skills and changelog mentions against the report's official skills table:

  • Added skills: Bundled skills in official docs or changelog but missing from our table (include description and version introduced)
  • Removed skills: Skills in our table but no longer bundled with Claude Code

Important distinction: Only track skills that ship with Claude Code itself (bundled). Skills from the Official Skills Repository are installable community skills and are NOT in scope for this drift check.

Return Format

Return findings as a structured report:

  1. External Data Summary — Latest Claude Code version, total official field count, total official bundled skill count
  2. Frontmatter Field Drift — Added or removed fields (with version introduced/removed if available)
  3. Official Bundled Skill Drift — Added or removed skills (with description and version)

Be specific. Include version numbers where possible.

Critical Rules

  1. Fetch BOTH sources — never skip either
  2. Never guess versions or dates — extract from fetched data
  3. Do NOT modify any files — read-only research
  4. Only check for additions and removals — do not flag minor description wording changes, only significant drift
  5. Bundled vs installable — only track skills that ship with Claude Code. Do not flag skills from the Official Skills Repository (github.com/anthropics/skills) as missing or added

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 Workflow Claude Skills Agent?

Workflow Claude Skills Agent is a subagent for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice repository on GitHub. Research agent that fetches Claude Code docs, reads the local skills report, and analyzes drift

How do I install Workflow Claude Skills Agent in Claude Code?

Download workflow-claude-skills-agent.md from the repository. Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control. Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.

Can I use Workflow Claude Skills Agent in Claude Cowork?

Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent. Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.

Is Workflow Claude Skills 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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