Practical overview
When it fits
Use Headcount when a project needs a selected set of agent skills organized by business function, or when you want to inspect the catalog before installing departments.
Who it is for
- People using Claude Code or ChatGPT who want to add selected specialist skills to a project.
- Teams or builders who want to browse a department-organized skill catalog before choosing what to install.
- Developers who want to delegate departments as subagents with distinct write surfaces.
Documented uses
- Install only the agent-skill departments relevant to a project.
- Find a skill by searching the interactive org chart and open its source.
- Get a specialist perspective on a request or invoke a named skill directly.
- Delegate department work through its agent charter.
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and MIT-licensed. Its README documents use with Claude Code and ChatGPT, and describes a skills-directory route for ChatGPT and Codex.
- Departments are independently installable, so projects can select functions rather than load the full collection.
- Skills can engage when a request matches their area or be invoked by name; department-qualified names distinguish skills.
- The org chart supports searching, opening departments and navigating to source files.
- The README says Claude Code and ChatGPT skills are identical, with different manifests generated from the same repository tree.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Install a department in Claude Code
Add the Headcount marketplace and install one department plugin.
Before you start
- Claude Code
- The Headcount repository identifier: cbrock84/headcount
- A department identifier, such as security
Steps
Add the marketplace with
/plugin marketplace add cbrock84/headcount.Install a department, for example
/plugin install security@headcount.Ask a question in that department’s area or invoke a skill directly by name.
Expected outcome
The selected department’s skills are available for matching requests or direct invocation.
Guide limitations
- The repository documents department installation; it does not specify further setup or configuration in this guide.
Add a department to a ChatGPT or Codex project
Use a selected Headcount department through a plugin marketplace or a project skills directory.
Before you start
- ChatGPT or Codex
- The Headcount repository
- A project directory if using the skills-directory method
Steps
Add the repository as a plugin marketplace, or choose the skills-directory method.
For the directory method, place the department you want in the project’s
.agents/skills/directory.Ask a question in the department’s area or invoke a skill by name.
Expected outcome
The selected department can supply skills for relevant requests in the project or platform.
Guide limitations
- The README describes these two routes but does not give further marketplace setup steps.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 9 October 2026
- Original website title
- cbrock84/headcount · Official homepage title · retained in its source language