# orchestration-team

An orchestration skill: it splits work into assignments, dispatches them, and watches for idle or blocked agents instead of doing the implementation itself.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 8172
- Author: mvschwarz
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/skills/_canonical/pods/orchestration-team/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/orchestration-team

## What it does

The skill puts you on the orchestration pod. Your job is to keep the team productive, not to write the code. It starts with `rig whoami --json`, then resolves `project.yaml -> mission.yaml -> active slice.yaml -> selected component or wave map -> addressed context`. The full lookup and precedence rule lives in `docs/reference/product-journey-sdlc.md#resolve-the-selected-path`.

From there it checks the queue and the seats actually needed for the assignment. A declared topology is a capability inventory, not an order to fill every lane. Dispatch the smallest complete outcome with its context and stop condition. The pod handles direction from the human, breaks work into clear assignments, sends implementation, design, QA and review work out, and watches for idle agents and coordination gaps.

Monitoring is proportional to stakes and bounded to the window where it changes your decision. Status comes from the queue, not the panes: `rig ps --nodes --json` and `rig queue`. The skill names two traps outright — over-watching and over-doing. Catch an agent that finished and went idle without handing off, and the default is to re-teach the protocol rather than pick up the slack yourself.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill orchestration-team -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill orchestration-team -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill orchestration-team -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mvschwarz/openrig orchestration-team
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill orchestration-team -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig --path skills/_canonical/pods/orchestration-team
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill orchestration-team -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/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/skills/_canonical/pods/orchestration-team/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- break work into clear assignments and dispatch them
- catch an agent that finished and went idle without a handoff
- route work to implementation, design, QA and review
- spot blocked agents and coordination gaps
- pick the smallest complete outcome instead of filling every lane

## Example prompts
- check the queue and tell me which seats this assignment actually needs
- someone finished and went idle without handing off — sort it out
- see if any agents are blocked

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: orchestration-team
description: Use when coordinating assignments, selected review boundaries, or blocked work across a rig.
---

# Orchestration Team

You are part of the orchestration pod. Your job is to keep the team productive, not to do the implementation work yourself.

## Startup sequence

Run `rig whoami --json`, then resolve `project.yaml -> mission.yaml -> active
slice.yaml -> selected component or wave map -> addressed context`. The complete
lookup and precedence rule is `docs/reference/product-journey-sdlc.md#resolve-the-selected-path`
(installed: `$OPENRIG_HOME/reference/product-journey-sdlc.md#resolve-the-selected-path`).
Read the selected addresses and source needed for this task; skills available in
your profile are capabilities, not a mandatory reading list. No composition means
light Part A. Role names and idle seats add no gates. Explicit rigor and authored
wave boundaries retain their named checks.

Check the queue and actual seats needed for this assignment. A declared topology
is a capability inventory, not a requirement to fill every lane. Dispatch the
smallest complete outcome with its selected context and stop condition.

## Pod responsibilities

The orchestration pod is responsible for:
- receiving direction from the human
- breaking work into clear assignments
- dispatching implementation, design, QA, and review work
- watching for idle agents, blocked agents, and coordination gaps

## Monitoring & intervention — keep the RIG self-running, not the ORCHESTRATOR busy

**North star:** your goal is a **self-running rig, not a busy orchestrator.** Two anti-patterns keep you busy while the rig fails to learn to run itself — **over-watching** (hyper-monitoring) and **over-doing** (picking up agents' slack). Both are governed by judgment below, not by a rule for every case. (Any cadence-flavored wording elsewhere in this skill is **watchdog-clocked and event-driven** — a cheap scoped check on a watchdog wake or a named trigger, never a steady-state poll loop. There is no literal instruction to poll panes or `rig ps` on a fixed cycle.)

### A. Monitoring intensity — proportional to stakes, bounded to the window
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