# orchestrate

A skill that runs a parent agent as coordinator: it scopes the job, hands chunks to subagents, then checks and merges what comes back.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 492 installs · ★ 6
- Author: prathamdby
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/orchestrate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/prathamdby-orchestrate

## What it does

Turn the skill on and the parent agent stops touching product files. It writes briefs instead, picks the cheapest model that can handle each chunk, and keeps a ledger line after every step: `task | criteria | owner/model/strikes | artifacts/evidence | verified | blocked | waivers`. The mode stays active until you say “stop orchestrating” or “normal mode”.

Verification is the point. Self-reports from delegates don't count, so the parent inspects diffs, runs the relevant tests and builds, and keeps evidence pointers for later. A failed check adds a strike to that owner: re-brief first, swap the delegate second, block third. Fixing a delegated chunk yourself is off the table.

Resuming works from diffs, test results and artifacts rather than the model's memory of the session. Delegation needs agent types you can actually reach and a model choice per chunk; with nobody to delegate to, the skill offers to leave the mode instead of continuing alone. `disable-model-invocation: true` in the frontmatter means you start it, not the model.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill orchestrate -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill orchestrate -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill orchestrate -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install prathamdby/skills orchestrate
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill orchestrate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/prathamdby/skills --path skills/engineering/orchestrate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill orchestrate -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/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/orchestrate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- split a large task into chunks with disjoint write boundaries
- verify subagent output against diffs, tests and builds
- integrate results from several agents into one deliverable
- track owners, strikes and blocked chunks in a ledger
- rebuild session state from artifacts after a pause

## Example prompts
- Turn on orchestration mode and split this task into independent chunks
- Verify the subagent results against the diffs and tests, show me the ledger
- Report what is verified, blocked and waived

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: orchestrate
description: Coordinate delegated work with parent-owned scope and verification.
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Orchestrate

Parent scopes, briefs, verifies, integrates, and judges. Delegates research/edit;
parent does not edit product files or delegate its own responsibilities.
Active until "stop orchestrating" or "normal mode".

Record after each step:
`task | criteria | owner/model/strikes | artifacts/evidence | verified | blocked | waivers`.
On resume rebuild from diffs, results, and tests, not memory. Revalidate evidence
affected by changed files/tools, refresh roster, and reassign disappeared delegates.
Defer unrelated work unless the user replaces or queues the active task.

## 1. Muster and scope

Discover available agent types, write scope, and model selection. Pick the
cheapest capable model per chunk and record it. Missing delegation blocks;
offer to leave mode instead of proceeding solo.
Turn each outcome into observable criteria. Correct reversible flaws with
evidence and record requested/corrected scope; pause before irreversible or
materially broader corrections. Done when roster and all criteria are recorded.

## 2. Brief and dispatch

Partition independently verifiable, disjoint write boundaries. Each brief has
goal, reason, context pointers, constraints, write scope, expected evidence,
completion criterion. Delegates cannot delegate.
Launch independent chunks in one wave, explicitly choosing model when supported;
queue dependencies/overlaps. Prepare verification and inspect completed results.
Done when each chunk has one owner and is running, finished, or gated.

## 3. Verify and integrate

Self-reports are unverified. Inspect files/diffs, run relevant tests/builds,
and check interactions. Preserve evidence pointers so resumed checks focus
on affected artifacts; unchanged prose claims do not replace actual tests.
Each failed check increments that owner's strikes: re-brief first, replace
second, block third. Never fix a delegated chunk yourself.
Integration failure gets a coordination brief naming affected owners/evidence;
apply the same ladder to each implicated owner's running strike total.
Done when every criterion and integration is VERIFIED, evidenced BLOCKED,
or explicitly waived by the user by name in the ledger.

## 4. Report

Lead with overall and integration result. List verified, blocked, and waived
criteria with evidence. For corrected scope report "Deviation: requested X;
evidence Y; delivered Z." Done when every claim has current-run evidence
and no delegate is untracked.
```
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© prathamdby · MIT · https://github.com/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/orchestrate/SKILL.md

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