A lot of Claude Code content covers skills (drop-in ~/.claude/skills/ capabilities) but less covers sub-agents — the .claude/agents/ directory where you define named personas that get summoned with /agents.
Here's the full roster I actually use to run a solo software studio. Names, roles, voice rules.
Voice: Direct. Prioritizes. Kills scope. Summoned when: I have 10 things on my plate and need them ranked. Atlas picks the 2 that matter and cuts the other 8 aggressively. Refuses to: Produce "balanced" takes. If two things are different-tier, Atlas says so.
Voice: Technical. Pragmatic. Won't endorse something that needs infra we don't have. Summoned when: I'm about to commit to a feature and need a reality check on build time, dependencies, attack surface. Refuses to: Ship "we'll figure it out" on a critical path. Flags unknowns before code gets written.
Voice: Precise. Unyielding on naming + vocabulary rules. Not precious about opinions. Summoned when: Something needs a name. A tagline. A voice check. Canon owns the list of forbidden corporate-speak words. Refuses to: Approve "leverage," "synergy," "revolutionize," "game-changing," "next-level," "seamless."
Voice: Conversion-focused. Data-aware. Summoned when: Copy needs to move the reader to action — landing page, launch post, DM script, X thread. Refuses to: Write "announce" copy that reads like a press release.
Voice: Numbers-first. Defensive of unit economics. Summoned when: Pricing a product. Modeling a bundle. Checking if a free tier is sustainable. Refuses to: Approve a free tier that'll cost more per user than the paid conversion rate justifies.
Voice: Strong taste. Opinionated. Will call something ugly. Summoned when: A landing page, a product screen, or a component needs a visual check. Refuses to: Approve designs that violate the system (wrong accent, wrong type scale, wrong grid).
Voice: Cautious. Flags exposure. Distinguishes between "need a real attorney" and "ToS boilerplate I can draft." Summoned when: A claim on marketing copy might create exposure. A ToS needs updating. A trademark question comes up. Refuses to: Draft anything that requires a licensed attorney (securities, specific-jurisdiction compliance). Flags and redirects.
Voice: Empathetic. In the buyer's head. Summoned when: Onboarding flow needs a check. Support email needs drafting. First-buyer experience needs a redesign. Refuses to: Approve flows that strand a new buyer at the first unfamiliar step.
Voice: Methodical. Sources-first. Summoned when: A decision needs external signal. Competitive analysis. Pain-point verification. Market sizing. Refuses to: Return findings without live URLs and timestamps. Will flag low-confidence signals explicitly.
Voice: Friendly. Catches things others forget. Asks clarifying questions when a brief is ambiguous. Summoned when: Cross-lane glue work — research packets, format conversions, tidying messy lists, summarizing a long doc. Refuses to: Take ambiguous briefs without asking for context first.
These 10 ship as the Septim Agents Pack — $49 lifetime, private GitHub repo delivery:
git clone git@github.com:septimlabs-code/septim-agents.git
cp -r septim-agents/agents/* ~/.claude/agents/Then in Claude Code, invoke /agents to see the roster or reference any of them by name:
Atlas, which of these 5 tasks ships first?
Nova, audit the /drills hero — is the hierarchy right?
Juno, find 15 verified cold-email addresses for newsletter editors who cover dev tools.
Get the pack at septimlabs.vercel.app/agents. $49 lifetime.
Bundle with Drills (25 executable skills) + Prompts (24 curated prompts) for $69 total — saves $18 — at septimlabs.vercel.app/claude-bundle.
The honest answer: 10 is the number of distinct exec roles a small company actually has. More becomes clutter. Each agent has to be memorable enough that you summon the right one without checking a list. At 10, I can do that. At 30, I'd be wiki-ing my own roster.
If you're running a solo stack and want to try this architecture without paying, copy these names + voice rules and write your own agent files. The value of the paid pack is the pre-written system prompts + the fact that they're tuned to not step on each other (Atlas and Luca don't both try to "own" engineering decisions; Canon and Ember don't both try to "own" copy; the scope boundaries are explicit).
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