agent-description

Agent description must be at least 10 characters

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pdugan20@pdugan20

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claudelint

1213 skills13 agents1 command1 hook

Install

> /plugin marketplace add pdugan20/claudelint
> /plugin install claudelint@claudelint

How it fires

How this agent gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this agent.

Agent description must be at least 10 characters

Agent definition

agent-description.md

description: "Agent description must be at least 10 characters"

agent-description

Rule Details

This rule enforces a minimum length on the description field in agent markdown frontmatter. The description must be at least 10 characters. Validation is delegated to the AgentFrontmatterSchema.shape.description Zod schema. Agent descriptions may include XML-style tags like `<example>` and `<commentary>` which are conventional for trigger matching.

Incorrect

Agent description that is too short

---
name: code-review
description: Reviews
---

Correct

Descriptive agent description

---
name: code-review
description: Handles code reviews for pull requests and suggests improvements
---

How To Fix

Write a description of at least 10 characters that clearly explains what the agent does and when it should be triggered.

Options

This rule does not have any configuration options.

Related Rules

[`agent-name`](/rules/agents/agent-name)

Resources

[Rule Implementation](https://github.com/pdugan20/claudelint/blob/main/src/rules/agents/agent-description.ts)
[Rule Tests](https://github.com/pdugan20/claudelint/blob/main/tests/rules/agents/agent-description.test.ts)