# Subagent (agent skill)

> Subagent is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from evo-hq/evo. Protocol that evo optimization subagents follow when dispatched from /optimize. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode and has 1,463 GitHub stars across a repository of 2 listed skills.

Protocol that evo optimization subagents follow when dispatched from /optimize. Auto-loaded by spawned subagents via their host's skill loader. The orchestrator may also invoke this skill to understand the brief shape its dispatched subagents expect + what they're required to emit -- useful when writing briefs or debugging a subagent's behavior. Orchestrators reading for context: this is the protocol your dispatched subagents follow.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/evo-hq/evo |
| Skill path | plugins/evo/npm/skills/subagent/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | subagent |
| GitHub stars | 1,463 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 2 |
| Plugin marketplace | evo-hq-evo |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode |
| Category | Testing & QA |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |

## When it triggers

- invoke this skill to understand the brief shape its dispatched subagents expect + what they're required to emit -- useful when writing briefs or debugging a subagent's behavior.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
/plugin marketplace add evo-hq/evo
/plugin install evo@evo-hq-evo
```

In the Claude apps, zip the skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/evo-hq/evo.git
cp -r evo/plugins/evo/npm/skills/subagent .agents/skills/subagent   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/evo-hq/evo.git
cp -r evo/plugins/evo/npm/skills/subagent .cursor/skills/subagent   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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