¹ https://github.com/ruvnet/claude-flow

For example, a sub-agent for adding a new stat to an RPG. It could know how to integrate with various systems like items, character stats component, metrics, and so on without having to do as much research into the codebase patterns.

the main problem I have is that the agents just aren't used

For example, I set up a code reviewer agent today and then asked claude to review code, and it went off and did it by itself without using the agent

in one of anthropic's own examples they are specifically telling claude which agents to use which is exactly what I don't want to have to do:

> First use the code-analyzer sub agent to find performance issues, then use the optimizer sub agent to fix them

My working theory is that while Claude has been extensively trained on tool use and is often eager to use whatever tools are available, agents are just different enough that they don't quite fit - maybe asking another agent to do something "feels" very close to asking the user to do something, which is counter to their training

but maybe I just haven't spent enough time trying it out and tweaking the descriptions

You don't need a full agent library to write LLM workflows.

Rather: A general purpose agent with a custom addition to the system prompt can be instructed to call other such agents.

(Of course explicitly mamaging everything is the better choice depending on your business case. But i think it would be always cheaper to at least build a prototype using this method.)