# Team Communication Protocols (agent skill)

> 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.

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…

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/wshobson/agents |
| Skill path | plugins/agent-teams/skills/team-communication-protocols/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | team-communication-protocols |
| GitHub stars | 42,269 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 7 |
| Plugin marketplace | claude-code-workflows |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode |
| Category | Testing & QA |
| Last commit | Nov 5, 2026 |

## 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

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

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

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/wshobson/agents.git
cp -r agents/plugins/agent-teams/skills/team-communication-protocols .agents/skills/team-communication-protocols   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects
```

### Cursor

```sh
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
```

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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