Agent Reference

Quick lookup for all 9 agents shipped with CAP Pro 1.0. Detailed descriptions are in the agent feature page.

Per-feature (5)

Agent	Modes	Spawned by
`cap-brainstormer`	(single mode)	`/cap:brainstorm`
`cap-prototyper`	`prototype`, `iterate`, `architecture`, `annotate`	`/cap:prototype`, `/cap:iterate`, `/cap:annotate`
`cap-validator`	`MODE: TEST`, `MODE: REVIEW`, `MODE: AUDIT`	`/cap:test`, `/cap:review`, `/cap:completeness`
`cap-debugger`	(single mode)	`/cap:debug`
`cap-designer`	(single mode)	`/cap:design`, `/cap:ui`

Project-wide (4)

Agent	Modes	Spawned by
`cap-historian`	`MODE: SAVE`, `MODE: CONTINUE`, `MODE: FORK`	`/cap:save`, `/cap:start`, `/cap:continue`, `/cap:checkpoint`, `/cap:fork`
`cap-curator`	`MODE: STATUS`, `MODE: REPORT`, `MODE: CLUSTERS`, `MODE: LEARN-BOARD`, `MODE: DRIFT`	`/cap:status`, `/cap:report`
`cap-architect`	`MODE: AUDIT`, `MODE: REFACTOR`, `MODE: BOUNDARIES`	(not user-invoked; auto-trigger on architecture questions)
`cap-migrator`	`MODE: GSD`, `MODE: TAGS`, `MODE: FEATURE-MAP`, `MODE: MEMORY`	`/cap:migrate*` family

Tools available per agent

Agent	Read	Write/Edit	Bash	Grep/Glob	WebSearch/Fetch	Task
`cap-brainstormer`	✅	—	✅	✅	—	—
`cap-prototyper`	✅	✅	✅	✅	—	—
`cap-validator`	✅	✅	✅	✅	—	—
`cap-debugger`	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	—
`cap-designer`	✅	✅	—	✅	✅	—
`cap-historian`	✅	✅ (snapshots only)	✅	✅	—	—
`cap-curator`	✅	✅ (`.cap/REPORT.md` only)	✅	✅	—	—
`cap-architect`	✅	— (read-only)	✅	✅	—	—
`cap-migrator`	✅	✅ (with backup)	✅	✅	—	—

Permission modes

Agent	Permission mode	Notes
`cap-prototyper`, `cap-validator`, `cap-debugger`, `cap-brainstormer`	`workspace-write`	Can edit code in your workspace
`cap-historian`, `cap-curator`	`workspace-write` (limited paths)	Only `.cap/snapshots/` and `.cap/REPORT.md`
`cap-architect`	`default`	Read-only — proposes, never applies
`cap-migrator`	`workspace-write`	Always plan-diff-apply-verify with rollback
`cap-designer`	`workspace-write`	Edits component files for visual fixes