# fan-out

Spawns several subagents on one problem, then folds their findings into a single pick. Useful when two or more solutions compete and you need evidence, not a guess.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 47
- Author: haabe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/fan-out/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/fan-out

## What it does

The skill reads candidate solutions from `.claude/canvas/opportunities.yml`, finds the riskiest assumption behind each one, and gives every worker its own isolated worktree. Workers report evidence with sources attached rather than a bare verdict. The lead agent then merges the results, refreshes ICE scores in the canvas, runs `/mycelium:bias-check` over the combined findings, and writes the decision into `.claude/harness/decision-log.md`.

A bakeoff mode compares competing leaves for the same opportunity using structured scorecards and winner-selection rules. Losing leaves land in `.claude/canvas/archived-solutions.yml` with a full evidence snapshot. The limits are firm: at least 2 workers, no more than 3 leaves per bakeoff, and workers never write to the canvas or advance diamonds. On Claude the guard-state gate blocks a subagent's write to `.claude/canvas/` or `.claude/diamonds/`.

The skill assumes it runs inside the Mycelium framework. Installed on its own, it skips the canvas state, theory gates and harness behaviour it relies on. Tests marked `human` — surveys, fake doors, interviews, paid pilots — are off limits to workers: register them through `/mycelium:handoff` and log the verdict with `/mycelium:log-evidence`. A subagent can only imitate what people might do, and an imitation is not a test result.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill fan-out -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/fan-out/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/fan-out/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill fan-out -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/fan-out/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill fan-out -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/fan-out/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install haabe/mycelium fan-out
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/fan-out/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill fan-out -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/haabe/mycelium --path plugins/mycelium/skills/fan-out
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/fan-out/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill fan-out -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/fan-out/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- fan out several subagents across one opportunity and merge their output
- compare competing solutions on evidence instead of ICE score
- keep parallel experiments isolated in separate worktrees
- record the winning pick and archive the losers
- run a bias check over combined findings before deciding

## Example prompts
- Fan out workers on the two solutions in `opportunities.yml` and merge the results
- Run a bakeoff across the leaves for this opportunity and show me the scorecards
- Collect the workers' evidence, update ICE and run `/mycelium:bias-check`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: fan-out
description: "Parallel agent orchestration for OST exploration. Fan-out multiple solution explorations, fan-in results to compare and select winners."
metadata:
  instruction_budget: "22"
  framework_dependency: "mycelium"
  framework_dependency_note: "This skill is designed to run within the Mycelium framework (https://github.com/haabe/mycelium). Standalone use will skip the canvas state, theory gates, and harness behavior the skill assumes. Install: /plugin install mycelium@haabe-mycelium."
---

# Fan-Out / Fan-In Orchestration

## When to Use
- OST has 2+ solutions for the same opportunity that need parallel exploration
- Independent delivery work items that can be parallelized
- Multiple research streams needed simultaneously

## Workflow

### 1. Prepare (Lead Agent)
- Read .claude/canvas/opportunities.yml
- Identify solutions needing parallel work
- For each: identify riskiest assumption, design test, and write its `runs_on` (disk | network | human, as in `/mycelium:assumption-test`)
- Register each `human` test (survey, fake door, interviews, paid pilot) through `/mycelium:handoff`. No subagent runs it: a subagent can only simulate what people would do, and a simulated verdict is not a test result (v0.330.0)

### 2. Fan-Out (Spawn Workers, disk and network tests only)
For each solution with a disk or network test:
- Spawn subagent or Agent Team member
- Provide: clear task, read-only canvas context, worktree isolation, and a turn cap where the runtime has one (`maxTurns` in an agent definition). A time bound in the brief is advice: Claude Code has no time limit for a subagent
- Each worker runs independently and reports its evidence with its source, not only a verdict

### 3. Fan-In (Collect Results)
- Collect all worker results, and the `human` tests' verdicts once logged through `/mycelium:log-evidence`
- Update ICE scores in canvas
- Run `/mycelium:bias-check` on combined findings
- Select winner(s) based on evidence
- Log decision in .claude/harness/decision-log.md

### Leaf Bakeoff Mode

When comparing competing OST leaves for the same opportunity (two or more leaves that each have an untested riskiest assumption; no ICE gap is consulted):
- Each worker returns a structured **scorecard** (Four Risks + ICE from the leaf's record, the result of its disk or network test, segment fit); a leaf whose test is `human` gets its scorecard from the lead once the verdict is logged
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