/agent-capabilities

name: agent-capabilities
description: Capability matrix for all agent types
type: reference

Agent Capabilities Reference

Matrix of agent capabilities and their specializations for Claude Flow V3.

Capability Matrix

Core Development

| Agent | Code | Test | Review | Design | Research | |-------|:----:|:----:|:------:|:------:|:--------:| | coder | **5** | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | reviewer | 3 | 2 | **5** | 3 | 2 | | tester | 2 | **5** | 2 | 1 | 2 | | planner | 2 | 1 | 2 | **5** | 4 | | researcher | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | **5** |

V3 Specialized

| Agent | Security | Memory | Performance | Architecture | |-------|:--------:|:------:|:-----------:|:------------:| | security-architect | **5** | 2 | 3 | **5** | | security-auditor | **5** | 2 | 2 | 3 | | memory-specialist | 3 | **5** | 4 | 3 | | performance-engineer | 2 | 3 | **5** | 4 | | core-architect | 3 | 3 | 3 | **5** |

Swarm Coordination

| Agent | Coordination | Consensus | Scaling | Fault Tolerance | |-------|:------------:|:---------:|:-------:|:---------------:| | hierarchical-coordinator | **5** | 4 | 4 | 4 | | mesh-coordinator | 4 | 4 | **5** | 4 | | adaptive-coordinator | **5** | 4 | **5** | 4 | | collective-intelligence-coordinator | 4 | **5** | 4 | 4 |

GitHub Integration

| Agent | PR | Issues | CI/CD | Release | Review | |-------|:--:|:------:|:-----:|:-------:|:------:| | pr-manager | **5** | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | code-review-swarm | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | **5** | | issue-tracker | 2 | **5** | 2 | 2 | 2 | | release-manager | 3 | 3 | 4 | **5** | 2 | | workflow-automation | 2 | 3 | **5** | 4 | 2 |

Capability Levels

| Level | Description | |-------|-------------| | **5** | Expert - Primary specialization | | 4 | Advanced - Strong capability | | 3 | Intermediate - Good capability | | 2 | Basic - Limited capability | | 1 | Minimal - Not a focus |

V3 Performance Capabilities

| Capability | Agents | Performance Gain | |------------|--------|------------------| | Flash Attention | memory-specialist, performance-engineer | 2.49x-7.47x | | HNSW Search | memory-specialist | 150x-12,500x | | Quantization | performance-engineer | 50-75% memory | | SONA Adaptation | sona-learning-optimizer | <0.05ms |

Consensus Capabilities

| Agent | BFT | Raft | Gossip | CRDT | |-------|:---:|:----:|:------:|:----:| | byzantine-coordinator | **5** | 2 | 2 | 2 | | raft-manager | 2 | **5** | 2 | 2 | | gossip-coordinator | 2 | 2 | **5** | 3 | | crdt-synchronizer | 2 | 2 | 3 | **5** | | quorum-manager | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

Tool Access by Agent Type

Code Tools

coder: Read, Write, Edit, MultiEdit, Glob, Grep, Bash
reviewer: Read, Glob, Grep
tester: Read, Write, Bash, Glob

Swarm Tools

hierarchical-coordinator: mcp__claude-flow__swarm_*, mcp__claude-flow__agent_*
mesh-coordinator: mcp__claude-flow__swarm_*, mcp__claude-flow__coordination_*
adaptive-coordinator: mcp__claude-flow__topology_*, mcp__claude-flow__swarm_*

GitHub Tools

pr-manager: mcp__github__*, Bash (gh CLI)
code-review-swarm: mcp__github__*, mcp__claude-flow__swarm_*
release-manager: mcp__github__*, mcp__claude-flow__workflow_*

Querying Capabilities

# List all capabilities for an agent type
npx claude-flow agent spawn -t coder --help

# View agent definition
cat .claude/agents/core/coder.md

Capability-Based Selection

For Security Tasks

1. `security-architect` - Design and threat modeling 2. `security-auditor` - Vulnerability assessment 3. `security-manager` - Consensus security

For Performance Tasks

1. `performance-engineer` - Optimization 2. `memory-specialist` - Memory/search optimization 3. `performance-analyzer` - Bottleneck analysis

For Multi-Agent Coordination

1. `hierarchical-coordinator` - Complex hierarchical tasks 2. `mesh-coordinator` - Research and exploration 3. `adaptive-coordinator` - Dynamic requirements

For GitHub Workflows

1. `pr-manager` - PR lifecycle 2. `code-review-swarm` - Comprehensive reviews 3. `workflow-automation` - CI/CD automation

See Also

• [agent-types](./agent-types.md) - All 87 agent types
• [agent-coordination](./agent-coordination.md) - Coordination patterns
• [spawn](./spawn.md) - Spawn command