name	workspace-builder
description	Set up and configure development workspaces

Workspace Builder Skill

Master specification for building the agentic workflow system. This skill is reference documentation - use component-specific skills for building.

Overview

This workspace provides a reusable, multi-project automation system with:

Semantic routing for intelligent resource selection
RAG (vector search) with project isolation
Modular agents, skills, and commands
Template-based architecture for cloning to new projects

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        USER QUERY                                │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    SEMANTIC ROUTER                               │
│  Tier 1: Category (command | agent | skill | workflow)          │
│  Tier 2: Specific resource (e.g., "researcher" agent)           │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                              │
              ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
              ▼               ▼               ▼
        ┌─────────┐     ┌─────────┐     ┌─────────┐
        │Commands │     │ Agents  │     │Workflows│
        └─────────┘     └─────────┘     └─────────┘
                              │
                              ▼
                    ┌─────────────────┐
                    │   RAG Server    │
                    │    (Qdrant)     │
                    └─────────────────┘

Component Build Order

Build in this sequence for incremental testing:

Phase 1: Foundation

Directory structure ✅
CLAUDE.md ✅
Config files (base.yaml, .env.template)
Setup scripts (setup.sh, init-project.sh)

Phase 2: Core Services

RAG Server → See skills/rag-builder/SKILL.md
Router → See skills/router-builder/SKILL.md

Phase 3: Interface Layer

Slash Commands (research, code-review, daily-standup)
MCP Config (wire up servers)

Phase 4: Agents

Sub-agents → See skills/agent-builder/SKILL.md
Orchestrator (ties everything together)

Phase 5: Automation

Workflows (YAML definitions + executor)
Service management (start/stop scripts)

Key Technical Decisions

Vector Database: Qdrant

# Why Qdrant:
# - High performance vector search
# - Production-ready with persistence
# - REST and gRPC APIs
# - Excellent filtering capabilities

from qdrant_client import QdrantClient
client = QdrantClient(url="http://localhost:6333")
# Collections managed via MCP server with COLLECTION_NAME env var

Embeddings: all-MiniLM-L6-v2

# Shared across RAG and Router
# - Fast (384 dimensions)
# - Good quality
# - Runs locally

from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
model = SentenceTransformer('all-MiniLM-L6-v2')

Routing: Semantic Router

# Why Semantic Router:
# - ~10ms decisions (not LLM calls)
# - Scales to 1000s of resources
# - Same embeddings as RAG

from semantic_router import Route, RouteLayer

Configuration Strategy

Layered Config

config/base.yaml      # Defaults (version controlled)
config/local.yaml     # Overrides (git-ignored)
.env                  # Secrets (git-ignored)

Multi-Project Pattern

# Clone template
git clone <repo> project-alpha
cd project-alpha

# Initialize project
./scripts/init-project.sh project-alpha

# Creates:
# - .env.project-alpha (credentials)
# - config/profiles/project-alpha.yaml
# - Isolated RAG collections

File Templates

Slash Command Template


# Command Name

You are executing the **command-name** command.

## Instructions

1. First step
2. Second step
3. Output format

## Output

Describe expected output format.

Agent Prompt Template

# Agent Name

You are a specialized **Agent Name** focused on [domain].

## Core Capabilities

1. Capability one
2. Capability two

## Tools Available

- `tool_name`: Description

## Operating Principles

- Principle one
- Principle two

## Output Standards

- Standard one
- Standard two

Route Definition Template

routes:
  - name: resource-name
    utterances:
      - "example phrase one"
      - "example phrase two"
      - "variation three"
      - "variation four"
      - "at least 5-10 examples"
    metadata:
      file: "path/to/resource"
      description: "What this resource does"

Testing Strategy

Incremental Testing

# Test RAG server
python -c "from rag.server import RAGServer; print('RAG OK')"

# Test router
python -c "from routing.router import route; print(route('test query'))"

# Test full flow
python -c "
from routing.router import route
result = route('research quantum computing')
print(f'Routed to: {result.category}/{result.resource_name}')
"

Integration Test

# Start all services
./scripts/start-services.sh

# Test via MCP
# (use Claude Code to interact)

Refinement Process

As we build, update docs when:

Implementation differs from spec
Better patterns emerge
Edge cases are discovered

# After implementing a component:
# 1. Test it works
# 2. Update relevant SKILL.md with actual code
# 3. Update CLAUDE.md status
# 4. Commit with descriptive message

Dependencies

# requirements.txt
pyyaml>=6.0
python-dotenv>=1.0.0
mcp>=1.0.0
qdrant-client>=1.7.0
sentence-transformers>=2.2.0
semantic-router>=0.1.0
aiofiles>=23.0.0
httpx>=0.25.0

Next Action

To start building, use one of the component skills:

view skills/rag-builder/SKILL.md - Build RAG server first
view skills/router-builder/SKILL.md - Build semantic router
view skills/agent-builder/SKILL.md - Build sub-agents

Install Skill

SKILL.md