Skill guides users through creating Agent Companies spec-conformant packages, either from scratch (with interview-driven hiring plan) or by analyzing an existing git repo and wrapping its skills/agents. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Agent Companies Specification Reference
The normative specification lives at:
- Web: https://agentcompanies.io/specification
- Local: docs/companies/companies-spec.md
Read the local spec file before generating any package files. The spec defines the canonical format and all frontmatter fields. Below is a quick-reference summary for common authoring tasks.
Package Kinds
| File | Kind | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| COMPANY.md | company | Root entrypoint, org boundary and defaults |
| TEAM.md | team | Reusable org subtree |
| AGENTS.md | agent | One role, instructions, and attached skills |
| PROJECT.md | project | Planned work grouping |
| TASK.md | task | Portable starter task |
| SKILL.md | skill | Agent Skills capability package (do not redefine) |
Directory Layout
company-package/
├── COMPANY.md
├── agents/
│ └── <slug>/AGENTS.md
├── teams/
│ └── <slug>/TEAM.md
├── projects/
│ └── <slug>/
│ ├── PROJECT.md
│ └── tasks/
│ └── <slug>/TASK.md
├── tasks/
│ └── <slug>/TASK.md
├── skills/
│ └── <slug>/SKILL.md
├── assets/
├── scripts/
├── references/
└── .paperclip.yaml (optional vendor extension)
Common Frontmatter Fields
schema: agentcompanies/v1
kind: company | team | agent | project | task
slug: url-safe-stable-identity
name: Human Readable Name
description: Short description for discovery
version: 0.1.0
license: MIT
authors:
- name: Jane Doe
tags: []
metadata: {}
sources: []
schemausually appears only at package rootkindis optional when filename makes it obviousslugmust be URL-safe and stable- exporters should omit empty or default-valued fields
COMPANY.md Required Fields
name: Company Name
description: What this company does
slug: company-slug
schema: agentcompanies/v1
Optional: version, license, authors, goals, includes, requirements.secrets
AGENTS.md Key Fields
name: Agent Name
title: Role Title
reportsTo: <agent-slug or null>
skills:
- skill-shortname
- Body content is the agent's default instructions
- Skills resolve by shortname:
skills/<shortname>/SKILL.md - Do not export machine-specific paths or secrets
TEAM.md Key Fields
name: Team Name
description: What this team does
slug: team-slug
manager: ../agent-slug/AGENTS.md
includes:
- ../agent-slug/AGENTS.md
- ../../skills/skill-slug/SKILL.md
PROJECT.md Key Fields
name: Project Name
description: What this project delivers
owner: agent-slug
TASK.md Key Fields
name: Task Name
assignee: agent-slug
project: project-slug
schedule:
timezone: America/Chicago
startsAt: 2026-03-16T09:00:00-05:00
recurrence:
frequency: weekly
interval: 1
weekdays: [monday]
time: { hour: 9, minute: 0 }
Source References (for external skills/content)
sources:
- kind: github-file
repo: owner/repo
path: path/to/SKILL.md
commit: <full-sha>
sha256: <hash>
attribution: Owner Name
license: MIT
usage: referenced
Usage modes: vendored (bytes included), referenced (pointer only), mirrored (cached locally)
Default to referenced for third-party content.