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subagent-orchestration
Decompose work across parallel subagents properly — task slicing that avoids collisions, briefs that stand alone, and result integration that catches contradictions. Use when work can genuinely parallelise (research fan-outs, multi-file changes, independent analyses), when deciding whether to delegate or do it yourself, or when past multi-agent runs produced conflicts and duplicated effort. Produces an orchestration plan: the parallel/sequential split, per-agent briefs, and the integration protocol.
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# Subagent Orchestration Skill
Parallel agents multiply speed exactly when the decomposition is right — and multiply mess when it isn't: two agents editing one file, three agents making inconsistent assumptions, results that can't be merged. Orchestration is a design discipline: slice for independence, brief for standalone execution, integrate with suspicion.
## What This Skill Produces
- A **decomposition decision**: what runs parallel, what stays sequential, what isn't worth delegating at all
- **Per-agent briefs** that survive without shared context
- An **integration protocol**: merge order, conflict checks, and the verification of the combined result
## Orchestration Method
1. **Decide IF before HOW.** Delegation costs: brief-writing, context loss, integration, and review of work you didn't watch. Worth it when subtasks are genuinely independent AND individually substantial. A task you could finish in the time it takes to write two good briefs is yours to do.
2. **Slice by ownership boundary, not by topic.** The test per pair of subtasks: do they write to the same artifact, or does one's output change the other's input? Yes → sequential or merged into one task. The safe cuts: different files/directories · different data sources to research · different independent deliverables. The classic collision: "agent A refactors, agent B adds tests" on the same module — topically distinct, physically overlapping.