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Team Communication Protocols

Team Communication Protocols is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from wshobson/agents. Structured messaging protocols for agent team communication including message type selection, plan approval, shutdown procedures, and anti-patterns to avoid. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 42,269 GitHub stars across a repository of 7 listed skills.

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
/plugin install agent-teams@claude-code-workflows

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

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git
cp -r agents/plugins/agent-teams/skills/team-communication-protocols .agents/skills/team-communication-protocols   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git
cp -r agents/plugins/agent-teams/skills/team-communication-protocols .cursor/skills/team-communication-protocols   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Structured messaging protocols for agent team communication including message type selection, plan approval, shutdown procedures, and anti-patterns to avoid. Use this skill when establishing communication norms for a newly spawned team, when deciding whether to send a direct message or a broadcast, when a team-lead needs to review and approve an implementer's plan before work begins, when orchestrating a graceful team shutdown after all tasks are complete, or when debugging why teammates are…

When it triggers

  • Use this skill when establishing communication norms for a newly spawned team, when deciding whether to send a direct message or a broadcast, when a team-lead needs to review and approve an implementer's plan before work begins, when orches

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FAQ

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How do I install the Team Communication Protocols skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents and then /plugin install agent-teams@claude-code-workflows. For Codex or Cursor, copy the team-communication-protocols folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Team Communication Protocols skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Team Communication Protocols maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Nov 5, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.