Director-mode-lite agent-check

Name: agent-check
Author: claude-world

Validate custom agent file format and structure

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/claude-world/director-mode-lite

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/claude-world/director-mode-lite "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/agent-check" ~/.claude/skills/claude-world-director-mode-lite-agent-check && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/agent-check/SKILL.md

source content

Agent File Validator

Validate agent files in

.claude/agents/

for correct format.

Validation Target

With argument: validate specific file
Without: validate all
```
.claude/agents/*.md
```

Required Frontmatter

---
name: agent-name          # Required: lowercase, hyphenated, 3-50 chars
description: >            # Required: 10-5000 chars, include triggering conditions + <example> blocks
  Use this agent when [conditions]. Examples:
  <example>
  Context: [situation]
  user: "[request]"
  assistant: "[response using this agent]"
  </example>
color: cyan               # Required: yellow, red, green, blue, magenta, cyan
model: sonnet             # Required: inherit, haiku, sonnet, opus, best, sonnet[1m], opus[1m], opusplan
tools:                    # Optional: YAML list (omit = all tools available)
  - Read
  - Write
  - Grep
# forkContext: "true"     # Optional: run in forked context (string "true"/"false")
# maxTurns: 20            # Optional: max conversation turns (positive integer)
skills:                    # Optional: auto-load skills (array)
  - linked-skill
memory:                    # Optional: memory scopes to load (array)
  - user
  - project
  - local
mcpServers:                # Optional: MCP server refs or objects (array)
  - server-name
hooks:                     # Optional: agent-scoped lifecycle hooks
  PreToolUse:
    - matcher: Write
      hooks:
        - type: command
          command: ./validate.sh
  PostToolUse:
    - matcher: Bash
      hooks:
        - type: command
          command: ./log.sh
permissionMode: default    # Optional: permission handling
disallowedTools:           # Optional: explicit tool blocking
  - NotebookEdit
---

Valid Tools

Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob, Task,
WebFetch, WebSearch, TodoWrite, NotebookEdit

Valid Colors

yellow, red, green, blue, magenta, cyan

Valid Models

inherit, haiku, sonnet, opus, best, sonnet[1m], opus[1m], opusplan

Validation Checklist

Required Fields

```
name
```
exists (lowercase, hyphenated, 3-50 chars)
```
description
```
exists (10-5000 chars, recommend 200-1000 with
```
<example>
```
blocks)
```
color
```
is set (valid color name)
```
model
```
is set (inherit/haiku/sonnet/opus/best/sonnet[1m]/opus[1m]/opusplan)

Optional Fields

```
tools
```
are valid tool names, YAML list format (omit = all tools available)
```
skills
```
references existing skills (array, if set)
```
forkContext
```
is string "true" or "false" (if set)
```
maxTurns
```
is positive integer (if set)
```
memory
```
is valid array of: user, project, local (if set)
```
mcpServers
```
is valid array of string refs or objects (if set)
```
hooks
```
has valid structure (if set)
```
permissionMode
```
is valid value (if set)
```
disallowedTools
```
are valid tool names (if set)

Content Structure

```
# Agent Name
```
heading
```
## Activation
```
section
Process/workflow description
Output format definition

Format Rules

```
tools
```
uses YAML list format (not
```
[Read, Write]
```
bracket array)
No duplicate tools in list
All tools are valid tool names

Output Format

## Agent Validation Report

### Files Checked
| File | Status | Issues |
|------|--------|--------|
| code-reviewer.md | OK | None |
| my-agent.md | WARN | Missing color, model |

### Summary
- Total: [N]
- Valid: [N]
- Needs fixes: [N]

Auto-Fix

Convert bracket array tools to YAML list format
Convert string skills to YAML array
Add missing
```
color
```
field (default: cyan)
Add missing
```
model
```
field (default: inherit)
Convert boolean forkContext to string
Convert scalar memory to array format
Remove invalid tools
Add recommended sections