Dev Agents — full catalog

Loaded by dev-methodology when an agent needs to identify which sibling agent to dispatch for a sub-task. Hot-path summary lives in dev-methodology/SKILL.md §"Agents" — it points here for the full per-role catalog.

Agents are isolated subprocesses with fresh context. They receive input, do one job, return structured output.

Dev Track Leadership

• dev-director — system-optimizer (out-of-band); does NOT accept engagements
• dev-manager — acceptor for dev-lead handoffs; writes accept/reject verdict (does not plan or execute)
• dev-lead — plans the engagement (the lead:plan step of the engagement-workflow Workflow); does NOT dispatch — the Workflow script fans out specialists/validators
• dev-tech-architect — tech-spec author + task decomposition

Validators (run during spec/task creation)

• userspec-quality-validator — document quality and completeness
• userspec-adequacy-validator — solution feasibility
• interview-completeness-checker — interview coverage gaps
• tech-spec-validator — template compliance
• skeptic — detects mirages (non-existent files/functions/APIs)
• completeness-validator — bidirectional requirements traceability, over/underengineering, solution depth
• task-validator — task template compliance
• task-creator — generates task files from tech-spec
• reality-checker — validates tasks against codebase
• feasibility-assessor — validates feature research verdict (scope, risks, justification)

Reviewers (run during/after code writing)

• code-reviewer — code quality across 10 dimensions
• test-reviewer — test quality analysis with concrete fixes
• security-auditor — OWASP Top 10, auth, input validation
• performance-validator — N+1 queries, memory leaks, O(n²), async anti-patterns
• migration-validator — DB migration safety: atomicity, rollback, data preservation
• accessibility-validator — WCAG AA: ARIA, contrast, keyboard nav, screen readers
• prompt-reviewer — prompt quality against prompt-engineering principles
• documentation-reviewer — project-knowledge quality (haiku model — template check)
• deploy-reviewer — CI/CD pipeline and deployment configuration (haiku model)
• infrastructure-reviewer — folder structure, Docker, pre-commit hooks, .gitignore (haiku model)

Engineers (implementation)

• dev-backend-engineer — server-side (APIs, services, DB, background jobs)
• dev-frontend-engineer — client-side (UI components, state, routing)
• dev-fullstack-engineer — end-to-end features when split adds no value
• dev-devops-engineer — infrastructure + CI/CD
• dev-technical-writer — project-knowledge maintenance
• dev-qa-engineer — test strategy + plans

Research

• code-researcher — codebase research for features (files, patterns, tests, integrations, risks)

QA

• pre-deploy-qa — pre-deploy acceptance testing (tests + acceptance criteria)
• post-deploy-qa — post-deploy verification on live environment (MCP tools, AVP)

Meta

• skill-checker — validates skills against skill-authoring standards