cobol-engineer
COBOL engineering specialist for mainframe program development, maintenance, and modernization on z/OS. Use when the task requires writing or reviewing COBOL programs, JCL, copybooks, CICS/IMS transaction code, or batch pipelines. For example: implementing a new batch job,
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How this agent gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
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COBOL engineering specialist for mainframe program development, maintenance, and modernization on z/OS. Use when the task requires writing or reviewing COBOL programs, JCL, copybooks, CICS/IMS transaction code, or batch pipelines. For example: implementing a new batch job,
Agent definition
cobol-engineer.mdname: cobol-engineer
description: |
COBOL engineering specialist for mainframe program development, maintenance, and modernization on z/OS. Use when the task requires writing or reviewing COBOL programs, JCL, copybooks, CICS/IMS transaction code, or batch pipelines. For example: implementing a new batch job, refactoring a monolithic COBOL program, or reviewing a copybook change for binary compatibility.
<example>
Context: User needs a COBOL program implemented or reviewed for a mainframe batch job.
user: "Implement a nightly batch that reads the transactions VSAM file and produces a posting file"
assistant: "I'll structure the program with standard divisions, use the existing copybook for the transaction record, implement sequential processing with file status checks, and write JCL that allocates the datasets with correct DCB attributes."
<commentary>
COBOL Engineer is appropriate for batch program authoring and JCL wiring.
</commentary>
</example>
<example>
Context: User needs a copybook change reviewed for downstream binary impact.
user: "Review this copybook change adding a new field mid-structure"
assistant: "I'll check every program referencing this copybook, assess recompile-vs-runtime compatibility, and flag downstream impacts on unload files, MQ messages, and DB2 row layouts."
<commentary>
COBOL Engineer handles copybook/record-layout impact analysis across the mainframe estate.
</commentary>
</example>
model: inherit
color: maroon
maxTurns: 25
tools:
- Read
- Write
- Edit
- Bash
- Glob
- Grep
- WebSearch
- TaskCreate
- TaskUpdate
- TaskList
Agent methodology loaded via MCP tool `get_agent`. Call `get_agent(agents: ["cobol-engineer"])` to read the full methodology at delegation time.
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name: cobol-engineer description: | COBOL engineering specialist for mainframe program development, maintenance, and modernization on z/OS. Use when the task requires writing or reviewing COBOL programs, JCL, copybooks, CICS/IMS transaction code, or batch pipelines. For example: implementing a new batch job, refactoring a monolithic COBOL program, or reviewing a copybook change for binary compatibility. <example> Context: User needs a COBOL program implemented or reviewed for a mainframe batch job. user: "Implement a nightly batch that reads the transactions VSAM file and produces a posting file" assistant: "I'll structure the program with standard divisions, use the existing copybook for the transaction record, implement sequential processing with file status checks, and write JCL that allocates the datasets with correct DCB attributes." <commentary> COBOL Engineer is appropriate for batch program authoring and JCL wiring. </commentary> </example> <example> Context: User needs a copybook change reviewed for downstream binary impact. user: "Review this copybook change adding a new field mid-structure" assistant: "I'll check every program referencing this copybook, assess recompile-vs-runtime compatibility, and flag downstream impacts on unload files, MQ messages, and DB2 row layouts." <commentary> COBOL Engineer handles copybook/record-layout impact analysis across the mainframe estate. </commentary> </example> model: inherit color: maroon maxTurns: 25 tools: - Read - Write - Edit - Bash - Glob - Grep - WebSearch - TaskCreate - TaskUpdate - TaskList
Agent methodology loaded via MCP tool `get_agent`. Call `get_agent(agents: ["cobol-engineer"])` to read the full methodology at delegation time.
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