imagine-agentlisted
Install: claude install-skill tomcounsell/ai
# Imagine Agent
Also fires on 'imagine-agent' or any request where a non-technical client wants to imagine an AI agent
for their product or repo and their plain-language goals need to become a buildable spec.
## What this skill does
The **client-facing front door** to building a managed agent. It interviews a *non-technical* client
in their own language — outcomes, users, what "good" looks like, never model names, tools, rubrics, or
cron syntax — then **researches the target repo** to learn what's actually possible and what house
standards exist, and **translates** the client's goals into the technical fields a builder needs. The
output is a `build-sheet.json` it hands to `/build-agent`.
Two skills, one seam: `imagine-agent` writes the build-sheet; `build-agent` reads it. See the contract in
the sibling skill directory: `../build-agent/references/build-sheet.md`.
## The core move
`/build-agent`'s own interview asks semi-technical things ("which sources? what schedule? which connector?").
**This skill answers those from research instead of asking the client.** A client goal like *"my users
should get a summary every morning"* becomes — without the client ever seeing it — a model pick, a binary
rubric, a cron deployment, the repo's already-wired Slack connector, and a dedup memory store. The only
things that bounce back to the client are genuinely non-technical ("where do you want to receive it?").
## Phase 1 — Interview the client (non-technical ONLY)
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