model-teammates
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This skill should be used when a researcher wants to add, remove, or review multi-model agent teammates (Codex/ChatGPT, Gemini, Kimi) inside Claude Code. Triggers on 'teammates', 'multi-agent', 'multi-model', 'second opinion', 'add Gemini', 'use ChatGPT here', 'orchestrate models', or when `/carrel-setup` enters Phase 5b.
- Installs packages
In this repository15 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- templates/CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- automationSkill
- carrelSkill
- collaborator-onboardingSkill
- convertSkill
- env-doctorSkill
- environment-setupSkill
- knowledge-wikiSkill
- research-partnerSkill
- self-improveSkill
- session-reflectionSkill
- transcribeSkill
- vault-opsSkill
- web-captureSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
4 rules. About 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈1
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
3
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 18
If the researcher already pays for ChatGPT Plus/Pro or Gemini Advanced, the teammate runs on that subscription — no extra cost.
- Very specific: line 22
Read .carrel/environment.json → model_teammates.
- Very specific: line 37
Verify via the plugin's own setup command if it has one (/codex:setup, /kimi:setup.
- Very specific: line 55
After each install / defer / decline / removal, update model_teammates in .carrel/environment.json and regenerate the dashboard:
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
model-teammates
Guides researchers through adding foundation models as teammates inside Claude Code via three community plugins. Most researchers don't realize this is possible — the interview protocol's "About Model Teammates" beat carries the spoken script; this skill owns the operational details.
Research moves
| Teammate | Reach for when | Plugin |
| Codex (ChatGPT) | Adversarial / second-opinion review on a claim or methods paragraph | openai/codex-plugin-cc |
| Gemini | Long-context / whole-corpus synthesis (hundreds of PDFs, large codebases) | thepushkarp/cc-gemini-plugin |
| Kimi | Delegated bug hunts, refactors, free-form Q&A with CLI-auth privacy | linxule/kimi-plugin-cc |
If the researcher already pays for ChatGPT Plus/Pro or Gemini Advanced, the teammate runs on that subscription — no extra cost. Kimi's CLI handles auth locally.
Orientation
Read .carrel/environment.json → model_teammates. Status values:
configured— plugin installed + verifiedinterested— said yes but deferred installskipped— declined; don't re-ask- (absent) — not yet discussed
Also read sensitivity on the profile. All three teammates route prompts through external providers (OpenAI, Google, Moonshot) — including Kimi despite its local CLI auth. HIGH sensitivity → don't propose; record skipped. MEDIUM → surface but confirm consent. LOW → proceed.
Install flow
For each teammate the researcher chooses:
- Install the provider's CLI and log in (researcher runs the commands — interactive auth needs human hands).
- Install the Claude Code plugin from the marketplace and reload.
- Verify via the plugin's own setup command if it has one (
/codex:setup,/kimi:setup; Gemini has no dedicated setup — run a small query).
Plugin install commands inside Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add openai/codex-plugin-cc && /plugin install codex@openai-codex && /reload-plugins && /codex:setup
/plugin marketplace add thepushkarp/cc-gemini-plugin && /plugin install cc-gemini-plugin@cc-gemini-plugin && /reload-plugins
/plugin marketplace add linxule/kimi-plugin-cc && /plugin install kimi@kimi-marketplace && /kimi:setupCLI install commands (each upstream README is authoritative — Claude fetches on demand if anything has drifted):
- Codex:
npm install -g @openai/codex→codex login - Gemini:
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli(orbrew install gemini-cli) →gemini auth - Kimi:
npm install -g kimi-cli→kimi login(upstream: https://github.com/MoonshotAI/kimi-cli)
State writeback
After each install / defer / decline / removal, update model_teammates in .carrel/environment.json and regenerate the dashboard:
carrel vault dashboard --vault <path> --forceRemoving a teammate
Uninstall the plugin (/plugin uninstall ...), optionally remove the CLI, delete the teammate's key from model_teammates in environment.json (or set to skipped if you want to remember "don't re-ask"), regenerate the dashboard.
Related
- Command:
/carrel-teammates(this skill's standalone entry) - Setup:
/carrel-setupPhase 5b invokes this skill during onboarding - Spec:
planning/specs/013-model-teammates.md
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