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Most People Use 1 Kind Of Claude Agent. There Are 7.

A cheat sheet of all 7 Claude agent types, with a real business example and a full starter prompt for each.

  • The 7 in order: tool agent, skills agent, sequential, parallel, router, safety catch, and the big one
  • What each one is and when to use it, in plain words
  • A real small-business example for every type
  • A full copy-paste starter prompt for each of the 7

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What's Inside

All 7 types: tool, skills, sequential, parallel, router, safety catch, and the big one that runs the rest A real small-business example and a when-to-use list for each A full copy-paste starter prompt for every type Which one to build first, and a 4-week plan

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The cheat sheet

Most people use Claude one way: they ask, it answers.

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Type 1: the tool agent

What it is A tool agent works inside your apps for you.

The rest of the guide

  1. Type 2: the skills agentWhat it is A skills agent learns a process once and repeats it the same way every time.
  2. Type 3: sequential agentsWhat it is Sequential agents pass the job down a line.
  3. Type 4: parallel agentsWhat it is Parallel agents do several jobs at once and merge the results into one answer.
  4. Type 5: the routerWhat it is A router reads every message that comes in and sends it to the right desk.
  5. Type 6: the safety catchWhat it is The safety catch does all the work, then stops and waits for your yes before anything goes out.
  6. Type 7: the big one (the orchestrator)What it is The big one is a main agent that hands work to all the others.
  7. Which one to build firstStart where the boring work is.

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