# atomic agents — Agent Skill

Comprehensive development workflow for building AI agents with the Atomic Agents framework. Includes specialized agents for schema design, architecture planning, code review, and tool development. Features guided workflows, progressive-disclosure skills, and best practice validation.

## At a glance

atomic-agents is an Agent Skill by BrainBlend-AI in the Automation & Workflow category. In Claude Code it installs with `/plugin install atomic-agents@claude-plugins-official` after adding the anthropics/claude-plugins-official marketplace; other assistants use its SKILL.md instructions as rules.

## Install

### How to install atomic agents in Claude Code

1. Add the marketplace

```claude
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
```

2. Install the skill

```claude
/plugin install atomic-agents@claude-plugins-official
```

3. Use it

   These are slash commands for a Claude Code session, not your shell. Claude auto-invokes the skill when your request matches its description — or type its slash command if it exposes one.

### How to install atomic agents in Claude Desktop

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/BrainBlend-AI/atomic-agents.git
```

2. Add the SKILL.md to your Skills folder

   Settings → Capabilities → Skills → add the folder containing SKILL.md. Claude picks it up automatically.

### How to install atomic agents in Cursor

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/BrainBlend-AI/atomic-agents.git
```

2. Convert to a Cursor rule

   Create .cursor/rules/atomic-agents.mdc and paste the SKILL.md body. Set `alwaysApply` or a glob so the Agent loads it in context.

### How to install atomic agents in Codex CLI

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/BrainBlend-AI/atomic-agents.git
```

2. Reference in AGENTS.md

   Add the skill's instructions (or a link) to AGENTS.md at your repo root — Codex reads it on every run.

### How to install atomic agents in Windsurf

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/BrainBlend-AI/atomic-agents.git
```

2. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install atomic agents in Cline

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/BrainBlend-AI/atomic-agents.git
```

2. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

### How to install atomic agents in VS Code

1. Clone the source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/BrainBlend-AI/atomic-agents.git
```

2. Add to your rules / context

   Paste the SKILL.md instructions into this tool's custom rules or workspace instructions so the agent follows them.

Source: https://github.com/BrainBlend-AI/atomic-agents

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