Create new agents in Paperclip with governance-aware hiring. Use when you need to inspect adapter configuration options, compare existing agent configs, draft a new agent prompt/config, and submit a hire request.

Paperclip Create Agent Skill Use this skill when you are asked to hire/create an agent. Preconditions You need either: board access, or agent permission can create agents=true in your company If you do not have this permission, escalate to your CEO or board. Workflow 1. Confirm identity and company context 2. Discover adapter configuration for this Paperclip instance 3. Compare existing agent configurations Note naming, icon, reporting line, and adapter conventions the company already follows. 4. Choose the instruction source (required) This is the single most important decision for hire quality. Pick exactly one path: Exact template — the role matches an entry in the template index. Use the matching file under references/agents/ as the starting point. Adjacent template — no exact match, but an existing template is close (for example, a "Backend Engineer" hire adapted from coder.md , or a "Content Designer" adapted from uxdesigner.md ). Copy the closest template and adapt deliberately: rename the role, rewrite the role charter, swap domain lenses, and remove sections that do not fit. Generic fallback — no template is close. Use the baseline role guide to construct a new AGENTS.md from scratch, filling in each recommended section for the specific role. Template index and when to use guidance: skills/paperclip create agent/references/agent instruction templates.md Generic fallback for no template hires: skills/paperclip create agent/references/baseline role guide.md State which path you took in your hire request comment so the board can see the reasoning. 5. Discover allowed agent icons 6. Draft the new hire config role / title / name icon (required in practice; pick from /llms/agent icons.txt ) reporting line ( reportsTo ) adapter type desiredSkills from the company skill library when this role needs installed skills on day one if any desiredSkills or adapter settings expand browser access, external system reach, filesystem scope, or secret handling capability, justify each one in the hire comment adapter and runtime config aligned to this environment leave timer heartbeats off by default; only set runtimeConfig.heartbeat.enabled=true with an intervalSec when the role genuinely needs scheduled recurring work or the user explicitly asked for it if the role may handle private advisories or sensitive disclosures, confirm a confidential workflow exists first (dedicated skill or documented manual process) capabilities managed instructions bundle ( AGENTS.md ) for adapters that support it; avoid durable promptTemplate config for coding or execution agents, include the Paperclip execution contract: start actionable work in the same heartbeat; do not stop at a plan unless planning was requested; leave durable progress with a clear next action; use child issues for long or parallel delegated work instead of polling; mark blocked work with owner/action; respect budget, pause/cancel, approval gates, and company boundaries instruction text such as AGENTS.md built from step 4; for local managed bundle adapters, send this as top level instructionsBundle.files["AGENTS.md"] . Do not set adapterConfig.promptTemplate or bootstrapPromptTemplate for new agents. source issue linkage ( sourceIssueId or sourceIssueIds ) when this hire came from an issue 7. Review the draft against the quality checklist Before submitting, walk the draft review checklist end to end and fix any item that does not pass: skills/paperclip create agent/references/draft review checklist.md 8. Submit hire request 9. Handle governance state if the response has approval , the hire is pending approval monitor and discuss on the approval thread when the board approves, you will be woken with PAPERCLIP APPROVAL ID ; read linked issues and close/comment follow up If the approval already exists and needs manual linking to the issue: After approval is granted, run this follow up loop: For each linked issue, either: close it if the approval resolved the request, or comment in markdown with links to the approval and next actions. References Template index and how to apply a template: skills/paperclip create agent/references/agent instruction templates.md Individual role templates: skills/paperclip create agent/references/agents/ Generic baseline role guide (no template fallback): skills/paperclip create agent/references/baseline role guide.md Pre submit draft review checklist: skills/paperclip create agent/references/draft review checklist.md Endpoint payload shapes and full examples: skills/paperclip create agent/references/api reference.md

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