multi-agent-patterns agent skill by NeoLabHQ
Guides designing multi-agent architectures for complex tasks, useful when single-agent context limits are exceeded, tasks decompose into subtasks, or specialized agents improve quality.
At a glance
| Publisher | NeoLabHQ |
|---|---|
| Repository | NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit (53 listed skills) |
| Category | AI Agents and LLM Engineering |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Last commit | August 26, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 365 lines, 3,140 words |
| Bundled files | 1 file |
| Quality score | 75/100 · C Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the listing badge and raise the score |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: none.
- License: GPL-3.0, an open-source or open-content license.
Install multi-agent-patterns
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/master/skills/multi-agent-patternstmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 --branch master https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/multi-agent-patterns .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit \
--path skills/multi-agent-patterns \
--ref masterNeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Design multi-agent architectures for complex tasks. Use when single-agent context limits are exceeded, when tasks decompose naturally into subtasks, or when specializing agents improves quality.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- Core Concepts
- Why Multi-Agent Architectures
- The Context Bottleneck
- The Parallelization Argument
- The Specialization Argument
- Architectural Patterns
- Pattern 1: Supervisor/Orchestrator
- Pattern 2: Peer-to-Peer/Swarm
- Pattern 3: Hierarchical
- Context Isolation as Design Principle
- Isolation Mechanisms
- Isolation Trade-offs
- Consensus and Coordination
- The Voting Problem
- Weighted Contributions
- Debate Protocols
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.md
Suede Skill Check: 75/100 · C
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- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Instruction depth: 4 of 7 points. 7 for a SKILL.md body of 500–3,000 words; 4 for 250–4,500; 1 for 100 or more.
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multi-agent-patterns passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 5 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 4 of 7 |
| Reference files | 0 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 6 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 4 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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multi-agent-patterns is listed with 75/100 · C. This badge links to its Suede listing. Skills scoring 80–99 add a numeric and a letter quality shield; the largest open points for multi-agent-patterns are boundary clause (4), example request (3) and instruction depth (3). Send your repository and the points you want to raise, then request a fresh review after updating the skill.
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NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit appears in 3 curated lists: ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code.