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Patterns for parallel subagent execution using Task tool with run_in_background. Use when coordinating multiple independent tasks, spawning dynamic subagents, or implementing features that can be parallelized.

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SKILL.md
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Content

50%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body delivers a clear parallel-execution protocol and useful templates, but is padded with repetition and pseudo-code rather than executable examples, and lacks verification feedback loops for a batch operation. Consolidating the redundant pattern/example sections and adding a result-validation step would materially improve it.

Suggestions

Remove the redundant Pattern 1/2/3 and auth example sections that restate the same spawn-N-subagents concept, or collapse them into a single compact example to cut roughly half the body.

Replace the bracketed pseudo-templates with a real, copy-paste-ready Task invocation block and an actual TodoWrite JSON array so the guidance is executable.

Add a validation/verification checkpoint after TaskOutput retrieval (e.g., check each subagent succeeded and handle failures) before the synthesize step, since this is a batch operation.

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Conciseness

The ~240-line body repeats the same spawn-N-subagents concept across Pattern 1/2/3 and the auth example, padding the token budget with content Claude already infers; mostly efficient but could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Concrete templates are provided (prompt structure, launch block, TaskOutput retrieval) but they are bracketed pseudo-templates rather than executable code, and the TodoWrite snippets are JSON-ish pseudocode.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear 5-step sequence and the 'all calls in one message' checkpoint exist, but there is no validation/verification feedback loop for batch subagent results before synthesis, capping this at 2.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

A single monolithic file with no bundle references; sections are organized but repeated content that could be split out stays inline, so it is not a lean overview pointing to detail.

2 / 3

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Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A concise, well-targeted description that clearly states both the capability and its trigger conditions in third person. It names concrete mechanisms and natural trigger phrases with no over-claims.

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Specificity

Names the domain and concrete mechanism ('parallel subagent execution using Task tool with run_in_background') plus several distinct parallelization actions, matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Patterns for parallel subagent execution using Task tool with run_in_background') and when ('Use when coordinating multiple independent tasks...').

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user terms ('coordinating multiple independent tasks', 'spawning dynamic subagents', 'features that can be parallelized') give good coverage of phrases a user would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche (parallel subagent execution via the Task tool) with distinct triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

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Validation

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Validation16 / 16 Passed

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