# The Members Every member of the Agenthood is a specialist. Each has a README describing their identity, responsibilities, and usage. Each has a skill file that your agent runtime loads to activate them. --- | Member | Tagline | Skill File | |--------|---------|-----------| | [The Scribe](../../skills/the-scribe/SKILL.md) | *Turns your diff into prose worth reading* | `skills/the-scribe/SKILL.md` | | [The Architect](../../skills/the-architect/SKILL.md) | *No code before the blueprint* | `skills/the-architect/SKILL.md` | | [The Builder](../../skills/the-builder/SKILL.md) | *Builds the smallest verified change* | `skills/the-builder/SKILL.md` | | [The Reviewer](../../skills/the-reviewer/SKILL.md) | *Five axes. No mercy. All respect.* | `skills/the-reviewer/SKILL.md` | | [The Tester](../../skills/the-tester/SKILL.md) | *Red. Green. Refactor. Repeat.* | `skills/the-tester/SKILL.md` | | [The Debugger](../../skills/the-debugger/SKILL.md) | *Five steps to every root cause. No guessing allowed.* | `skills/the-debugger/SKILL.md` | | [The Auditor](../../skills/the-auditor/SKILL.md) | *Reads everything. Trusts nothing.* | `skills/the-auditor/SKILL.md` | | [The Herald](../../skills/the-herald/SKILL.md) | *Announces with ceremony. Ships with precision.* | `skills/the-herald/SKILL.md` | | [The Librarian](../../skills/the-librarian/SKILL.md) | *Every decision, recorded for posterity.* | `skills/the-librarian/SKILL.md` | | [The Doorman](../../skills/the-doorman/SKILL.md) | *Nothing gets in without proper credentials.* | `skills/the-doorman/SKILL.md` | | [The Oracle](../../skills/the-oracle/SKILL.md) | *Ask me anything about the Society. I have read every scroll.* | `skills/the-oracle/SKILL.md` | | [The Envoy](../../skills/the-envoy/SKILL.md) | *One Society. Every runtime. No exceptions.* | `skills/the-envoy/SKILL.md` | | [The Sentinel](../../skills/the-sentinel/SKILL.md) | *The Society cannot enforce standards it no longer understands.* | `skills/the-sentinel/SKILL.md` | | [The Warden](../../skills/the-warden/SKILL.md) | *The chaos does not arrive all at once. I am here for the accumulation.* | `skills/the-warden/SKILL.md` | | [The Strategist](../../skills/the-strategist/SKILL.md) | *The right solution starts with the right problem.* | `skills/the-strategist/SKILL.md` | | [The Mediator](../../skills/the-mediator/SKILL.md) | *First in line — intent routing* | `skills/the-mediator/SKILL.md` | | [The Operator](../../skills/the-operator/SKILL.md) | *Health is not a goal; it is a practice.* | `skills/the-operator/SKILL.md` | | [The Steward](../../skills/the-steward/SKILL.md) | *I was born from the situation I exist to prevent.* | `skills/the-steward/SKILL.md` | | [The Inspector](../../skills/the-inspector/SKILL.md) | *Every pixel accounted for. Every boundary crossed with intent.* | `skills/the-inspector/SKILL.md` | | [The Mailman](../../skills/the-mailman/SKILL.md) | *Neither snow nor rain nor API rate limits shall stay this courier from the swift completion of their rounds.* | `skills/the-mailman/SKILL.md` | --- ## One Canonical Skill File Per Member Each member directory contains a single canonical skill file: | File | Audience | Contents | |------|----------|----------| | `SKILL.md` | **Everyone** — the Society itself and adopter projects via `npx agenthood activate ` | Project-independent. Uses placeholders like "repository owner" and `{owner}/{repo}`. Includes `license: MIT` in frontmatter. The CLI copies this file into adopter projects (renamed to `.md` at the destination, preserving the installed filename existing adopters already have). | When a member's behaviour changes, **only `SKILL.md` needs to be updated** — there is no longer a parallel internal file to keep in sync. Project-specific configuration (GitHub org, label names, milestones) belongs in `.agenthood/config.json`, `AGENTS.md`, or `.github/labeler.yml` — not hardcoded in the skill. --- ## Loading Members into Your Agent Runtime **Claude Code:** ```bash cp -r agenthood/skills/ yourproject/.claude/skills/ ``` **Agent-agnostic (AGENTS.md):** Reference `skills/` in your project's `AGENTS.md` to make all runtimes aware. **Via `npx agenthood init`:** The initiation ceremony copies selected member skills into the correct directory for your chosen AI runtime automatically. --- ## Invoking Members via the Autonomous Runtime With the TypeScript runtime built, any member can be invoked directly as a real LLM agent — no manual copy-paste into an AI assistant required. ```bash # Build the runtime (once, after install) npm run build # Set the LLM provider key in your environment (do NOT commit it) # Set GROQ_API_KEY in your shell profile or CI secrets (free at console.groq.com) # or use Ollama for fully offline execution — no key required # Invoke any member by name npx agenthood run the-scribe "write a commit message for the current diff" npx agenthood run the-reviewer "review the changes against the spec in issue #12" npx agenthood run the-architect "plan the OAuth2 integration" npx agenthood run the-auditor "run a security audit on the authentication module" # List all available members npx agenthood list ``` The runtime loads each member's `SKILL.md` file at execution time. The files are read-only — the runtime never modifies them. Each run records a decision + provenance entry (`.agenthood/decisions/`, `.agenthood/provenance/`) — the tamper-evident audit trail behind every member action ([ADR-015](../adr/ADR-015-decision-intelligence-and-provenance.md)). See [ADR-008](../adr/ADR-008-typescript-runtime-over-python.md) and [ADR-009](../adr/ADR-009-groq-as-default-llm-provider.md) for design decisions. --- ## The Member Lifecycle A member is activated when called. It operates within its specialty. It defers to other members when the task crosses disciplines. The Scribe does not review code — it calls The Reviewer. The Doorman does not write docs — it calls The Librarian. The Society works because each member knows their lane.