Coordinate persistent Copilot agent teams with Squad
Use Squad to create human-directed specialist agents that persist in a repository, share decisions through files, and help coordinate implementation, testing, and review work in GitHub Copilot.
npx skills add agentskillexchange/skills --skill coordinate-persistent-copilot-agent-teams-with-squad
Approve this skill for teams that want a repeatable, inspectable workflow for delegating software work across role-specific AI agents while keeping a human operator responsible for scope and approvals. The operator installs the Squad CLI, initializes the repository, authenticates GitHub, opens GitHub Copilot’s Squad agent, describes the project, reviews the proposed team, and then assigns work to specialists such as frontend, backend, tester, and lead. Use this instead of normal Copilot chat when the task needs persistent repo-local agent state, specialist coordination, and visible decision logs across sessions. The scope boundary is human-led coding-agent team coordination inside a repository; it is not a generic multi-agent platform or autonomous engineering replacement.
What this skill actually does
Inputs and prerequisites: Node/npm; Squad CLI; GitHub CLI authentication; GitHub Copilot agent mode.
Setup notes: Run npm install -g @bradygaster/squad-cli, run squad init in a git repository, authenticate with gh auth login, then invoke the Squad agent in GitHub Copilot and approve the proposed team.
Source and verification boundary: use https://bradygaster.github.io/squad/ as the canonical reference before running the workflow; keep commands, API calls, CLI usage, and generated outputs reviewable against that upstream source.
Framework fit: publish this as a Custom Agents workflow only when the operator can invoke the documented toolchain directly, rather than treating the upstream project as a generic product listing.