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dispatching-parallel-agents

Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

63%Scale 1-5

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

This is a reasonably well-structured skill that teaches a clear pattern for parallel agent dispatch with good concrete examples and prompt templates. Its main weakness is redundancy — several sections repeat the same information (when to use/not use, real example/real-world impact, key benefits restating the obvious), which inflates token cost without adding value. The actionability is solid with specific examples of good vs bad agent prompts, though the actual dispatch mechanism remains somewhat abstract.

Suggestions

Consolidate the 'When NOT to Use' section into the 'When to Use' section as a brief 'Don't use when' list (already partially done), and remove the separate 'When NOT to Use' section to eliminate redundancy.

Merge 'Real-World Impact' into 'Real Example from Session' — they describe the same event and the impact section adds almost no new information.

Remove or drastically shorten the 'Key Benefits' section — parallelization, focus, independence, and speed are self-evident from the pattern description and don't need a separate enumeration.

Remove the dot graph — it consumes significant tokens and the bullet-point criteria below it convey the same decision logic more efficiently.

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Conciseness

The skill has significant repetition — 'When to Use' and 'When NOT to Use' sections overlap substantially, the 'Key Benefits' section restates what's already obvious, and the 'Real-World Impact' section largely duplicates the 'Real Example from Session' section. The dot graph adds tokens without much value. However, the core pattern and examples are reasonably efficient.

3 / 5

Actionability

The skill provides concrete agent prompt examples, a clear dispatch pattern with TypeScript-style syntax, and specific examples of good vs bad prompts. Minor gap: the dispatch mechanism ('Task()') is illustrative rather than executable, and there's no concrete guidance on how to actually invoke parallel agents in a specific tool environment.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 4-step workflow (Identify → Create → Dispatch → Review) is clearly sequenced with a verification section that includes conflict checking and full suite runs. However, the verification steps could be more explicit about what to do when conflicts ARE found, and there's no explicit feedback loop for re-dispatching if an agent's fix fails integration.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The content is structured with clear headers and sections, but at ~150 lines it contains redundant sections (When to Use / When NOT to Use, Real Example / Real-World Impact, Key Benefits) that could be consolidated. No bundle files exist, and the content is entirely self-contained, which is appropriate for this skill's complexity, but the internal organization has room for improvement.

3 / 5

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Description

23%Scale 1-5

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

This description only specifies when to use the skill (multiple independent tasks without shared state) but entirely omits what the skill does—no concrete actions, tools, or outputs are mentioned. The trigger terms are technical rather than natural user language, and the lack of a 'what' clause makes it very difficult for Claude to confidently select this skill over others.

Suggestions

Add a clear 'what' clause describing the concrete action the skill performs, e.g., 'Executes multiple independent tasks in parallel to speed up completion' or 'Orchestrates concurrent sub-tasks using separate workspaces'.

Include natural trigger terms users would actually say, such as 'parallel', 'at the same time', 'simultaneously', 'multiple tasks', or 'batch processing'.

Specify the type of tasks or domain this applies to (e.g., file processing, code generation, data analysis) to reduce overlap risk with other workflow or orchestration skills.

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Specificity

The description contains no concrete actions whatsoever. It does not name a domain, tool, or specific capability—only an abstract condition about 'independent tasks' with no indication of what the skill actually does.

1 / 5

Completeness

The description provides a 'when' clause but completely omits the 'what'—there is no explanation of what the skill actually does. Per the rubric, a missing 'what' with only a 'when' present maps to a score of 2.

2 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

The phrases 'independent tasks', 'shared state', and 'sequential dependencies' are somewhat technical and not natural user language. A user might say 'parallel' or 'at the same time', but these terms are largely missing. Only 'tasks' is a somewhat natural keyword.

2 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description hints at parallelism or concurrent task execution, which is somewhat specific, but the lack of concrete actions means it could overlap with any multi-step or workflow orchestration skill. The condition-based framing provides some distinctiveness but not enough.

3 / 5

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Validation

90%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation10 / 11 Passed

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