creating-custom-agents
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Creates GitHub Copilot custom agents (`.agent.md`) for VS Code. Use when defining a specialized agent role, selecting a minimal toolset, referencing supporting skills, or shipping install-ready agent examples with clear boundaries and collaboration rules.
Install
npx skills add jaktestowac/awesome-copilot-for-testers --skill creating-custom-agents -a claude-code
Installs to .claude/skills/creating-custom-agents/ · Each command fetches the skill straight from GitHub with the open skills CLI.
Byte-identical to the scanned commit, with the repository’s licence and a SOURCE.txt.
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