Agentic Patterns Source

Overview

Awesome Agentic Patterns is a curated catalog of production-ready AI agent patterns. It bridges the gap between toy demos and production systems by documenting repeatable solutions that teams are actually using.

Primary URL: https://agentic-patterns.com/

When to Use This Skill

Pattern Categories

1. Context & Memory

Managing limited context windows through curation, caching, and episodic memory.

Key Patterns:

• Context Window Auto-Compaction
• Progressive Disclosure for Large Files
• Semantic Context Filtering
• Self-Identity Accumulation

When to research: Context limits affecting performance, memory persistence needs, large codebase navigation.

2. Feedback Loops

Self-healing mechanisms, CI integration, and iterative refinement.

Key Patterns:

• Self-correction loops
• CI integration patterns
• Iterative refinement workflows

When to research: Implementing retry logic, self-healing agents, continuous improvement cycles.

3. Learning & Adaptation

Reinforcement fine-tuning and skill library evolution.

Key Patterns:

• Memory Reinforcement Learning (MemRL)
• Skill Library Evolution

When to research: Agents that improve over time, skill accumulation, adaptive behavior.

4. Orchestration & Control

Task decomposition, multi-agent coordination, and tool routing.

Key Patterns:

• Planner-Worker Separation for Long-Running Agents
• Lane-Based Execution Queueing
• Custom Sandboxed Background Agent
• Tool routing patterns

When to research: Complex multi-step tasks, parallel agent execution, long-running operations.

5. Reliability & Eval

Testing harnesses, logging, and reproducibility safeguards.

Key Patterns:

• Failover-Aware Model Fallback
• Testing harnesses
• Observability patterns

When to research: Production reliability, testing agent behavior, debugging failures.

6. Security & Safety

Sandboxing, PII protection, and deterministic scanning.

Key Patterns:

• External Credential Sync
• Sandboxed Tool Authorization
• PII protection patterns

When to research: Secure agent execution, credential management, data protection.

7. Tool Use & Environment

Shell integration, browser automation, and API design.

Key Patterns:

• Intelligent Bash Tool Execution
• Browser automation patterns
• API design for agents

When to research: Tool integration, shell command patterns, API consumption.

8. UX & Collaboration

Human handoffs, async workflows, and transparency mechanisms.

Key Patterns:

• Human-in-the-loop patterns
• Async workflow management
• Transparent reasoning displays

When to research: User interaction design, approval workflows, explainability.

Research Workflow

Finding Patterns for a Specific Challenge

1. Search the catalog

   WebSearch: site:agentic-patterns.com {challenge_keywords}
   

2. Fetch pattern details

   WebFetch: https://agentic-patterns.com/patterns/{category}/{pattern-name}
   Prompt: Extract the pattern description, implementation guidance, and referenced examples
   

3. Cross-reference with local skills

   • Compare with existing agent-patterns-plugin skills
   • Identify gaps or enhancement opportunities

Exploring a Category

WebFetch: https://agentic-patterns.com/
Prompt: List all patterns in the {category} category with brief descriptions

Staying Current

The site actively maintains patterns with NEW and UPDATED badges:

1. Check for new patterns

   WebFetch: https://agentic-patterns.com/
   Prompt: List patterns marked as NEW or UPDATED in the past month
   

2. Review for applicability

   • Does this pattern address a gap in our plugin?
   • Can we adapt it to Claude Code workflows?
   • Should we create a new skill based on this pattern?

Pattern Applicability to Claude Code

Integration with Other Skills

This skill complements:

• multi-agent-workflows: Apply catalog patterns to Claude Code agent design
• agent-coordination-patterns: Enhance coordination with production patterns
• delegation-first: Research delegation patterns from real implementations
• custom-agent-definitions: Use patterns to inform agent specialization

Delegation Pattern

For deep pattern research:

Use research-documentation agent for:
- Comprehensive pattern analysis
- Cross-referencing multiple patterns
- Building implementation recommendations

Example delegation prompt:
"Research agentic-patterns.com for patterns related to {challenge}.
Extract implementation guidance and compare with our existing
agent-patterns-plugin skills. Identify patterns we should adopt."

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