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+# Agent Types & Roles (Practical Taxonomy)
+
+Use this skill to choose the *right* kind of agent workflow for the job.
+
+## Common agent “types” (in practice)
+
+### 1) Chat assistant (no tools)
+Best for: explanations, brainstorming, small edits.
+Risk: can hallucinate; no grounding in repo state.
+
+### 2) Tool-using single agent
+Best for: well-scoped tasks where the agent can read/write files and run commands.
+Key control: strict DoD gates + minimal permissions.
+
+### 3) Planner + Executor (2-role pattern)
+Best for: medium complexity work (multi-file changes, feature work).
+Flow: Planner writes plan + acceptance criteria → Executor implements → Reviewer checks.
+
+### 4) Multi-agent (specialists)
+Best for: bigger features with separable workstreams (UI, backend, docs, tests).
+Rule: isolate context per role; use separate branches/worktrees.
+
+### 5) Supervisor / orchestrator
+Best for: long-running workflows with checkpoints (pipelines, report generation, PAD docs).
+Rule: supervisor delegates, enforces gates, and composes final output.
+
+## Decision rules (fast)
+- If you can describe it in ≤ 5 steps → single tool-using agent.
+- If you need tradeoffs/design → Planner + Executor.
+- If UI + backend + docs/tests all move → multi-agent specialists.
+- If it’s a pipeline that runs repeatedly → orchestrator.
+
+## Guardrails (always)
+- DoD is the truth gate.
+- Separate branches/worktrees for parallel work.
+- Log decisions + commands in AGENT_LOG.md.