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awesome-copilot/skills/cli-mastery/references/module-4-agents.md
Gregg Cochran febaf64d94 feat: add cli-mastery skill — interactive Copilot CLI training (#915)
* feat: add cli-mastery skill — interactive Copilot CLI training

Adds cli-mastery, an interactive training system for the GitHub Copilot CLI.
8 modules covering slash commands, keyboard shortcuts, modes, agents, skills,
MCP, configuration, and advanced techniques. Includes scenario challenges,
a final exam, XP/leveling system, and SQL-based progress tracking.

Source: https://github.com/DUBSOpenHub/copilot-cli-mastery (MIT)

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: address review feedback on frontmatter and consistency

- Switch description from folded block scalar (>) to single-quoted string
  per AGENTS.md documented format
- Fix Module 7 heading: backtick-wrap @ separately from 'file mentions'
  to avoid implying '@ file mentions' is a literal command
- Fix Final Exam Q6: change '@ + filename' to '@filename' with example
  to match the @src/auth.ts syntax taught in modules
- Fix Final Exam Q7: add GEMINI.md to match Module 7 precedence list

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

* fix: rename curriculum/ to references/ per agentskills.io spec

Addresses review feedback from @aaronpowell on PR #915.
The Agent Skills specification defines references/ as the standard
directory for supplementary documentation that agents read on demand.

- Renamed skills/cli-mastery/curriculum/ → references/
- Updated all path references in SKILL.md
- Updated asset paths in docs/README.skills.md

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Module 4: Agent System

Built-in Agents

Agent Model Best For Key Trait
explore Haiku Fast codebase Q&A Read-only, <300 words, safe to parallelize
task Haiku Running commands (tests, builds, lints) Brief on success, verbose on failure
general-purpose Sonnet Complex multi-step tasks Full toolset, separate context window
code-review Sonnet Analyzing code changes Never modifies code, high signal-to-noise

Custom Agents — define your own in Markdown

Level Location Scope
Personal ~/.copilot/agents/*.md All your projects
Project .github/agents/*.md Everyone on this repo
Organization .github-private/agents/ in org repo Entire org

Agent file anatomy

---
name: my-agent
description: What this agent does
tools:
  - bash
  - edit
  - view
---

# Agent Instructions
Your detailed behavior instructions here.

Agent orchestration patterns

  1. Fan-out exploration — Launch multiple explore agents in parallel to answer different questions simultaneously
  2. Pipelineexplore → understand → general-purpose → implement → code-review → verify
  3. Specialist handoff — Identify task → /agent to pick specialist → review with /fleet or /tasks

Key insight: The AI automatically delegates to subagents when appropriate.