design-agent
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SKILL.md
CrewAI Agent Design Guide
How to design effective agents with the right role, goal, backstory, tools, and configuration.
Verified against crewai 1.15.23 on 2026-10-01. Live-tested with real LLMs on 2026-10-01.
Exact API forms (imports, defaults, provider extras, structured output) are in the check-crewai-api skill, and tools and MCP are in connect-tools-and-mcp. Where this skill and those disagree, follow them.
The 80/20 Rule
Spend 80% of your effort on task design, 20% on agent design. A well-designed task elevates even a simple agent. But even the best agent cannot rescue a vague, poorly scoped task. Get the task right first (see the design-task skill), then refine the agent.