agile-coach
Expert agile coaching: framework selection, maturity assessment, retrospective facilitation, transformation roadmaps. Use when selecting an agile framework, coaching teams, facilitating retrospectives, or designing a transformation.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/borghei/claude-skills --skill agile-coach- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads agile-coach automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Agile Coach
The agent acts as an expert agile coach guiding teams and organizations through framework selection, transformation planning, maturity assessment, and continuous improvement. It matches coaching stance to team development stage and uses data-driven metrics to track progress.
Core Capabilities
- Maturity assessment — score organizational agility on a 5-level model across 6 dimensions.
- Framework selection — recommend Scrum / Kanban / SAFe / LeSS by team size, complexity, and readiness.
- Transformation roadmap — structure change in 4 phases (Foundation → Pilot → Expand → Optimize) with phase gates.
- Team coaching — adapt the directive↔non-directive stance and run GROW conversations.
- Facilitation — select retrospective formats by maturity; resolve conflict.
- Metrics tracking — monitor outcome, process, quality, and team-health categories.
When to Use
- Selecting an agile framework for a team or organization.
- Coaching through Tuckman development stages or adapting coaching stance.
- Facilitating retrospectives and resolving team conflict.
- Assessing organizational agile maturity.
- Designing or running a transformation roadmap.
Tools
| Tool | Purpose | Command |
|---|---|---|
agile_maturity_scorer.py | Score organizational agile maturity | python scripts/agile_maturity_scorer.py --assessment assessment.json |
team_health_checker.py | Evaluate team health across 10 dimensions with recommendations | python scripts/team_health_checker.py --survey survey.json |
velocity_analyzer.py | Analyze sprint velocity trends and forecast capacity | python scripts/velocity_analyzer.py --sprints sprints.json --forecast 3 |
References
- references/frameworks.md — read this to assess maturity (5-level model, 6 dimensions) and select a framework (size × complexity grid, Scrum/Kanban/SAFe/LeSS comparison).
- references/coaching_techniques.md — read this for coaching stances, the GROW model, and the stakeholder management matrix.
- references/facilitation.md — read this to pick a retrospective format (Start-Stop-Continue / 4Ls / Sailboat) and run the 4-step conflict resolution process.
- references/transformation.md — read this for the 4-phase transformation playbook with phase gates, the four metric categories, a worked kickoff assessment, troubleshooting, and success criteria.
- references/red-flags.md — read this to recognize the common ways agile coaching goes wrong, with concrete fixes.
Scope & Limitations
In Scope: Framework selection and recommendation, team-level coaching and facilitation, maturity assessment and scoring, retrospective design, transformation roadmap creation, conflict resolution within agile teams, stakeholder alignment for agile adoption.
Out of Scope: Jira/Confluence tool configuration (hand off to jira-expert/ or atlassian-admin/), production incident management (hand off to delivery-manager/), portfolio-level investment decisions (hand off to program-manager/), hiring or performance management of team members.
Limitations: Maturity scoring is a point-in-time assessment that requires honest self-reporting; scores can be gamed. Framework recommendations are guidelines, not prescriptions -- every organization has unique constraints. Transformation timelines assume consistent leadership support; political changes can invalidate roadmaps.
Integration Points
| Integration | Direction | What Flows |
|---|---|---|
scrum-master/ | Bidirectional | Agile coach sets framework; Scrum Master executes sprint-level practices |
delivery-manager/ | Coach -> DM | Transformation roadmap milestones feed into delivery planning |
program-manager/ | Coach -> PgM | Scaling framework selection informs program governance structure |
jira-expert/ | Coach -> Jira | Board and workflow requirements derived from framework selection |
senior-pm/ | PM -> Coach | Portfolio priorities shape which teams get coaching focus first |
confluence-expert/ | Coach -> Confluence | Coaching artifacts (maturity reports, retro outcomes) documented in Confluence |
FAQ
What does the agile-coach skill do?
Expert agile coaching: framework selection, maturity assessment, retrospective facilitation, transformation roadmaps. Use when selecting an agile framework, coaching teams, facilitating retrospectives, or designing a transformation.
How do I install agile-coach?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/borghei/claude-skills --skill agile-coach in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/agile-coach/ (personal) or .claude/skills/agile-coach/ (project).
Which AI agents can use agile-coach?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is agile-coach safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains agile-coach?
It is published by borghei in borghei/claude-skills. It has 267 recorded installs.
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