---
title: "Agent Template"
type: concept
tags: [multi-agent, agent-design, the-agency]
sources: [contributing_zh-cn, contributing-to-the-agency]
last_updated: 2026-04-24
---

# Agent Template

The standardized YAML frontmatter + structured document template for creating The Agency agents.

## YAML Frontmatter

```yaml
---
name: Agent Name
description: One-sentence description of agent's specialty and positioning
color: Color Name or "#hex-value"
---
```

## Document Structure

### 🧠 Identity & Memory
- **Role**: Clear role description
- **Personality**: Personality traits and communication style
- **Memory**: What the agent needs to remember and learn
- **Experience**: Domain expertise and perspective

### 🎯 Core Mission
- Core Responsibility 1 (with clear deliverables)
- Core Responsibility 2 (with clear deliverables)
- Core Responsibility 3 (with clear deliverables)
- **Default Requirement**: Always follow best practices

### 🚨 Critical Rules
Domain-specific rules and constraints that define how the agent operates.

### 📋 Technical Deliverables
Concrete outputs the agent produces:
- Code examples
- Templates
- Frameworks
- Documentation

### 🔄 Workflow
Step-by-step process the agent follows:
1. Phase 1: Exploration & Research
2. Phase 2: Planning & Strategy
3. Phase 3: Execution & Implementation
4. Phase 4: Review & Optimization

### 💭 Communication Style
- How the agent communicates
- Example phrases and expression patterns
- Tone and style

### 🔄 Learning & Memory
What the agent continuously learns from:
- Success patterns
- Failure cases
- User feedback
- Domain evolution

### 🎯 Success Metrics
Quantifiable outcomes:
- Quantitative metrics (with specific values)
- Qualitative metrics
- Performance benchmarks

### 🚀 Advanced Capabilities
Advanced techniques and methods the agent masters.

## Connections
- Implements [[Agent-Design-Principles]] — structural template for the five design principles
- Used in [[Multi-Agent-Team]] — standardized agent creation