---
title: "Ghost: Claude Code Plugin — Smithers Skill"
description: "Example from ~/.claude/plugins/smithers/ — A Claude Code plugin that teaches Claude how to create and monitor Smithers orchestrations."
---

# Claude Code Plugin — Smithers Skill

<Note>
**Ghost doc** — Real Claude Code plugin at `~/.claude/plugins/smithers/`. Registers the `smithers` skill so Claude Code can create and run workflows.
</Note>

## plugin.json

```json
{
  "name": "smithers",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "description": "Build AI agents with declarative JSX for Claude orchestration",
  "author": "William Cory",
  "license": "MIT",
  "repository": "https://github.com/evmts/smithers",
  "keywords": ["orchestration", "multi-agent", "workflow", "ai-agents", "claude", "jsx"],
  "skills": ["skills/smithers"]
}
```

## SKILL.md

```markdown
---
name: smithers-orchestrator
description: Create and monitor multi-agent AI orchestrations using Smithers framework.
allowed-tools: [Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep, Task]
user-invocable: true
recommend-plan-mode: true
---

# Smithers Orchestrator

## When to Use
- Orchestrate multiple AI agents working together
- Create complex multi-phase workflows
- Build agent pipelines with state management

## Quick Start
1. Define schemas with `createSmithers({ output: z.object({...}) })`
2. Create agents with `new Agent({ model, instructions })`
3. Build workflow with `smithers((ctx) => <Workflow>...</Workflow>)`
4. Run with `smithers up workflow.tsx --input '{}'`
```

## EXAMPLES.md

Five complete workflow examples:

1. **Simple Sequential** — Three-phase research/implement/test pipeline
2. **Conditional Branching** — Branches based on analysis results
3. **Parallel Execution** — Frontend/backend/database agents simultaneously
4. **Error Handling and Retry** — Automatic retry with recovery fallback
5. **Data Flow Between Phases** — Requirements/design/implement/test with structured data passing

## REFERENCE.md

| Component | Purpose |
|-----------|---------|
| `<Workflow>` | Root component — defines a named workflow |
| `<Task>` | Executes an agent or static payload, persists structured output |
| `<Sequence>` | Runs children sequentially |
| `<Parallel>` | Runs children concurrently with optional `maxConcurrency` |
| `<Branch>` | Conditional rendering — `if`/`then`/`else` |
| `<Loop>` | Loop controller — iterates `until` condition or `maxIterations` |