Art Of War — AI skill for Claude Code

📜 Art of War Agents

兵者，国之大事，死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也

"War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied."

**Sun Tzu's Art of War applied to AI agent organization and task orchestration.**

This skill maps all **13 chapters** of the Art of War to practical patterns for deploying, managing, and optimizing AI agents.

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Install

ClawdHub

clawdhub install art-of-war-agents

Manual

Copy this repo into your ClawdHub skills directory.

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Quick Start

Once installed, the skill activates when you discuss:

• Agent deployment decisions
• Multi-agent orchestration
• Task assessment
• Token/cost optimization
• Agent collaboration strategies

Example Usage

User: Should I use an agent for competitor research?

Agent: [Applies 始计篇 — Five Constants assessment]
- 道: Aligns with business goals ✓
- 天: Launch in 3 weeks, timing good ✓
- 地: Need market data, competitor info ✓
- 将: Research + synthesis agents available ✓
- 法: Clear workflow defined ✓

Recommendation: Deploy. Start with existing reports (因间) 
before new searches (死间). Budget: ~5k tokens.

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The Thirteen Chapters → Agent Patterns

Chapter	Agent Application
1. 始计篇	Task assessment (五事七计)
2. 作战篇	Cost awareness, speed
3. 谋攻篇	Planning hierarchy, avoid force
4. 军形篇	Defense first, risk management
5. 兵势篇	Momentum, 奇正 combinations
6. 虚实篇	Strategic targeting, avoid waste
7. 军争篇	Indirect approaches
8. 九变篇	Adaptability, fault detection
9. 行军篇	Signal reading, intervention timing
10. 地形篇	Task classification
11. 九地篇	Resource allocation by importance
12. 火攻篇	Tool usage (API, code, search)
13. 用间篇	Information gathering, verification

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Core Principles

知彼知己 (Know Enemy, Know Yourself)

• Understand the task deeply
• Know your agents' capabilities and limits
• Ev