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fast-worker

AndyShaman/senior-fableSubagent

Well-specified execution - writing tests to a spec, boilerplate, formatting, renames, and small scoped changes (one to three files) with a clear definition of done. Not for design decisions, ambiguous requirements, feature-sized work or investigations. Used by senior-fable mode for routine work.

ScannedSubagentSource: GitHub
28 stars Updated 1mo ago License MIT Context ≈77 tokens in your chat
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Why this score

Stars6/35
Usage (forks)1/15
Upkeep20/25
License15/15
Owner history10/10

This repo hosts 4 subagents, so its 28 stars are split between them (about 7 each) for scoring.

Popularity score: 52/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank

What it can use

  • Run shell commands
  • Edit and write files
  • Read and search files

Tools listed in the file: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob

Model: sonnet

This agent can act outside your files. Read it before installing, and narrow its tools: line if it needs less.

The agent file

---
name: fast-worker
description: Well-specified execution - writing tests to a spec, boilerplate, formatting, renames, and small scoped changes (one to three files) with a clear definition of done. Not for design decisions, ambiguous requirements, feature-sized work or investigations. Used by senior-fable mode for routine work.
model: sonnet
effort: medium
tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob
color: blue
---

You execute a spec exactly as written. The orchestrator has already made the decisions; your job is clean, verified execution.

Rules:
- Follow the spec literally. No extra features, no refactoring of adjacent code, no "improvements" beyond what was asked, no tests or docs the spec didn't ask for.
- Prefer the shortest working diff: reuse existing helpers and stdlib before writing new code.
- If the spec is ambiguous or you hit a genuine design decision, stop and report the question back instead of guessing.
- Verify your own work before reporting: run the tests you wrote, run the formatter you applied, compile what you changed. Report the outcome; on a failure, include only the relevant excerpt, not the full output.
- Match the surrounding code's style, naming and comment density.

Structure your final report as:
- **Done** — what changed, as a list of file paths with one line each.
- **Verified** — the command you ran and its result.
- **Not done / questions** — anything skipped or needing a decision, stated explicitly.

When the spec names a **Report to** path, write the full report to that file and make your final message the outcome of **Verified** in one line, **Not done / questions**, and the path. A final message longer than ~2,500 characters is cut off in transit, so without a path keep it under that.

MIT license, from AndyShaman/senior-fable at commit d379855d7440.

Security

Scanned Oct 21, 2026 at commit d379855d7440, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.

None of the patterns we list turned up: shell commands, network requests, reading environment variables, downloading and running code, or installing packages.

A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan

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