Workhorse — Development agent for Claude Code
Writer for well-specified, mechanical, token-heavy changes in one assigned worktree — applying a reviewed fix list, renames, migrations, repetitive edits.
How to install Workhorse
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/ptshih-fsd-workhorse.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ptshih/fsd/HEAD/agents/workhorse.md -o ~/.claude/agents/ptshih-fsd-workhorse.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Workhorse does
name: workhorse description: Writer for well-specified, mechanical, token-heavy changes in one assigned worktree — applying a reviewed fix list, renames, migrations, repetitive edits. Executes exactly what is specified and stops at the first judgment call. implementation_write: assigned-worktree-only report_write: assigned-inbox-only model: owner-preferences roles.workhorse default_limits: attempts: 2 minutes: 30 launch_args: claude: ["--append-system-prompt-file", "ROLE_FILE"] pi: [
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