Agent Management

Agent management lets you define reusable Claude Code agents directly from ClawIDE. Agents are stored as markdown files in .claude/agents/ directories, with global agents available across all projects and project-scoped agents isolated to a single workspace.

What Are Agents?

Claude Code agents are specialized configurations that define how Claude behaves for specific tasks. Each agent has a name, description, model preference, allowed tools, and custom instructions written in markdown. For example, you might create a “code-reviewer” agent that uses Opus and has access to read-only tools, or a “test-writer” agent that focuses on generating tests.

Creating an Agent

1. Open the agent management panel from the sidebar.
2. Click New Agent.
3. Fill in the agent details:
   • Name — A unique identifier (used as the filename)
   • Description — What this agent does
   • Model — Which Claude model to use (e.g., opus, sonnet, haiku)
   • Allowed Tools — Comma-separated list of tools the agent can use
   • Agent Type — The type of agent behavior
   • Content — The agent’s instructions in markdown
4. Choose the scope: Global or Project.
5. Click Save.

Scoping

Agents live in one of two scopes:

• Global (~/.claude/agents/) — Available in every project. Good for general-purpose agents like reviewers or planners.
• Project (<project>/.claude/agents/) — Available only in that project. Good for project-specific workflows.

You can move an agent between scopes at any time using the Move action.

Editing and Deleting

Click on any agent to view and edit its configuration. Changes are saved directly to the agent’s markdown file. Delete an agent to remove it from disk.

Storage Format

Each agent is a .md file with YAML frontmatter:

---
name: code-reviewer
description: Reviews code for quality and correctness
model: opus
allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Glob
agent-type: reviewer
---

You are a code reviewer. Focus on correctness, security, and maintainability...