team-composition-patterns

Design optimal agent team compositions with sizing heuristics, preset configurations, and agent type selection. Best practices for composing multi-agent teams, selecting team sizes, choosing agent types, and configuring display modes for Claude Code's Agent Teams feature. Rule of thumb : Start with the smallest team that covers all required dimensions. Adding teammates increases coordination overhead. When spawning teammates with the Agent tool, choose subagent_type based on what tools the teammate needs: Key distinction : Read-only agents (Explore, Plan) cannot modify files. Never assign implementation tasks to read-only agents. Configure in ~/.claude/settings.json : When building custom teams: A teammate was spawned as Explore but needs to write files. Explore and Plan are read-only agents.