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What is an Agent Kit?

An Agent Kit is a reusable package for a specific AI workflow.

Who this is for

New users who want to understand what Agent Kits are before building, importing, or running one.

Before you start

  • No setup required.
  • Think of one AI workflow you repeat often, such as a review, memo, checklist, triage, or summary.

Step-by-step guide

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    Start with a repeatable AI job you do more than once.

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    Save the prompts, skills, guardrails, templates, examples, and context that make the job work well.

  3. 3

    Add inputs users should fill in each time, such as company name, reporting period, topic, or tone.

  4. 4

    Run the kit inside Forge with your selected AI provider.

  5. 5

    Package, export, import, or install the kit later when you want to reuse or share it.

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    Remember the distinction: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and Ollama are providers; an Agent Kit is the workflow package given to that provider.

What is an Agent Kit?
Forge Current step Inputs Output
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Reusable workflow package

Prompts, skills, guardrails, templates, examples, and context saved once for repeatable AI work.

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Tips

  • Use Agent Kits for work you repeat, not every one-off question.
  • Prepared Prompts make a kit easier to run because Forge can collect required inputs first.
  • The same kit can often be used with different AI providers.

Common mistakes / troubleshooting

  • Defining a kit first as files or YAML instead of a reusable workflow.
  • Confusing the AI provider/model with the Agent Kit.
  • Building a kit that is too broad to run consistently.

What an Agent Kit can contain

Prepared Prompts

Reusable prompts with fill-in inputs like company name, date, goal, or output style.

Skills

Step-by-step instructions for how the AI should complete part of the job.

Policies

Guardrails for what the AI should avoid, require, or escalate.

Templates

Output formats the AI should follow, such as a report, memo, checklist, or summary.

Examples

Sample inputs and outputs that show what good results look like.

Context

Reference material, notes, or examples the AI can use while working.

Examples

Financial Review Agent Kit

A prepared prompt for reviewing a monthly workbook, inputs for company name and reporting period, skills for formula review and trend analysis, policies requiring human review, and a client-ready summary template.

Kubernetes SRE Agent Kit

Skills for investigating pod failures, service outages, and logs; read-only policies by default; prepared prompts for incident triage; and templates for incident summaries.

Client Memo Agent Kit

A prepared prompt that asks for client name, topic, and tone, plus a memo template, style examples, and policies for clarity and human review.

When you run a kit, AgentKitForge collects the inputs, prepares the prompt, sends it to your selected AI provider, and lets you copy or download the result.

Agent Kits vs one-off prompts

One-off prompt

  • Typed once
  • Easy to lose
  • Inconsistent
  • Hard to share

Agent Kit

  • Reusable
  • Structured
  • Can include inputs, templates, and guardrails
  • Can be packaged, imported, and used across providers or tools

Agent Kits vs AI providers

An AI provider or model is the engine that generates text. An Agent Kit is the reusable workflow, context, and instructions given to that engine. OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and Ollama are providers. A Financial Review Agent Kit is a workflow package.

Related guides

Getting Started Install AgentKitForge, add an AI provider, build your first kit, and run it inside Forge. Build with AI Use AI Draft Sessions to generate, revise, and save Agent Kits from plain-language instructions. Guided Builder Build Agent Kits manually with approachable forms instead of editing package files. Prepared Prompts Create reusable prompt flows with variables, inputs, previews, and document-like outputs. Use Kits Run prepared prompts or custom prompts inside Forge and download generated output.

Agent Kit Spec