# nw-agent-builder

Use when creating new AI agents, validating agent specifications, optimizing command definitions, or ensuring compliance with Claude Code best practices. Creates focused, research-validated agents (200-400 lines) with Skills for domain knowledge. Also optimizes bloated command files into lean declarative definitions.

**Wave:** Other
**Model:** inherit
**Max turns:** 50
**Tools:** Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Task

## Commands

- [`/nw:forge`](../commands/index.md)

## Skills

- [agent-creation-workflow](../../../nWave/skills/agent-builder/agent-creation-workflow.md) — Detailed 5-phase workflow for creating agents - from requirements analysis through validation and iterative refinement
- [agent-testing](../../../nWave/skills/agent-builder/agent-testing.md) — 5-layer testing approach for agent validation including adversarial testing, security validation, and prompt injection resistance
- [command-design-patterns](../../../nWave/skills/agent-builder/command-design-patterns.md) — Best practices for command definition files - size targets, declarative template, anti-patterns, and canonical examples based on research evidence
- [command-optimization-workflow](../../../nWave/skills/agent-builder/command-optimization-workflow.md) — Step-by-step workflow for converting bloated command files to lean declarative definitions
- [critique-dimensions](../../../nWave/skills/acceptance-designer/critique-dimensions.md) — Review dimensions for acceptance test quality - happy path bias, GWT compliance, business language purity, coverage completeness, walking skeleton user-centricity, and priority validation
- [critique-dimensions](../../../nWave/skills/agent-builder/critique-dimensions.md) — Review dimensions for validating agent quality - template compliance, safety, testing, and priority validation
- [critique-dimensions](../../../nWave/skills/agent-builder-reviewer/critique-dimensions.md) — Review dimensions for validating agent quality - template compliance, safety, testing, and priority validation
- [critique-dimensions](../../../nWave/skills/platform-architect-reviewer/critique-dimensions.md) — Platform design review critique dimensions and severity levels. Load when reviewing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, deployment strategies, observability, or security designs.
- [critique-dimensions](../../../nWave/skills/researcher-reviewer/critique-dimensions.md) — Critique dimensions and scoring for research document reviews
- [critique-dimensions](../../../nWave/skills/solution-architect/critique-dimensions.md) — Architecture quality critique dimensions for peer review. Load when invoking solution-architect-reviewer or performing self-review of architecture documents.
- [critique-dimensions](../../../nWave/skills/solution-architect-reviewer/critique-dimensions.md) — Architecture quality critique dimensions for peer review. Load when performing architecture document reviews.
- [design-patterns](../../../nWave/skills/agent-builder/design-patterns.md) — 7 agentic design patterns with decision tree for choosing the right pattern for each agent type
