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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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Content

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

The body is a well-structured, actionable pattern guide: a clear decision tree for when to parallelize, a copy-paste-ready agent prompt template, and concrete do/don't guidance. Its main weaknesses are redundant sections that repeat the same guidance two or three times, and the absence of an error-recovery path for failed integration or conflicting agent fixes.

Suggestions

Merge the duplicated sections: fold 'When NOT to Use' into 'When to Use', combine 'Verification' with step 4 'Review and Integrate', and collapse 'Real-World Impact' into 'Real Example from Session' to cut roughly a third of the body.

Add a short failure-recovery step (e.g. what to do when agents edited the same code or the full suite fails after integration: re-dispatch a focused agent on the conflict, or fall back to sequential fixing).

Replace the illustrative Task() pseudo-snippet with the actual tool invocation used in the target environment, so the dispatch step is executable rather than indicative.

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Conciseness

The core material (dot decision graph, agent-prompt template, common-mistakes pairs) is efficient, but there is notable duplication: 'When NOT to Use' restates 'Don't use when', 'Verification' restates step 4 of the pattern, and 'Real-World Impact' nearly duplicates 'Real Example from Session'. This fits 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' rather than anchor 2, since most sections still earn their place.

3 / 5

Actionability

Concrete and largely executable: the markdown agent-prompt template is copy-paste ready with real test names and constraints, and the Task() dispatch snippet and do/don't pairs are specific. Below anchor 5 because the dispatch code uses an illustrative pseudo-API rather than a fully executable call, and the real-example file names are session-specific.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The pattern is a clear 4-step sequence (identify domains, create focused tasks, dispatch in parallel, review and integrate) with validation checkpoints — verify fixes don't conflict, run the full test suite, and spot-check for systematic agent errors. Not anchor 5 because there is no explicit error-recovery loop for when integration fails or agents conflict.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist (references/, scripts/, assets/ are absent) and the body references no external files, so there are no broken or buried references. The single-file body is well-sectioned and of moderate length with only minor organization gaps (the redundant example sections could be merged). Fits 'good structure; most content appropriately placed; minor organization gaps'.

4 / 5

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15

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20

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Description

36%Weight 40%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.

The description has a good explicit trigger condition but is missing the 'what' entirely — it never states that the skill dispatches parallel agents to work on independent problems concurrently. It also lacks the most natural trigger vocabulary ('parallel', 'concurrently', 'agents'), which both weakens trigger matching and raises overlap risk.

Suggestions

Add a 'what' clause naming the concrete action, e.g. 'Dispatches one agent per independent problem domain so they can be worked on concurrently' before the 'Use when' clause.

Include natural trigger terms users would actually say: 'parallel', 'in parallel', 'concurrently', 'multiple agents', 'independent failures'.

State typical use contexts (e.g. multiple unrelated test failures across files, independent bugs in different subsystems) to sharpen the trigger and reduce overlap with generic delegation skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description states only triggering conditions ("independent tasks", "shared state", "sequential dependencies") with no action verbs and never says what the skill does — parallel dispatch appears only in the name field. This matches 'names the domain but actions are minimal or generic' rather than anchor 3, which requires 1-2 concrete actions.

2 / 5

Completeness

The 'when' is explicit and reasonably specific ("Use when facing 2+ independent tasks..."), but the 'what' is entirely absent — anchor 2 explicitly covers 'only when is present without what'. It cannot be 3 because anchor 3 requires a clear 'what'.

2 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Phrases like "independent tasks" are plausible user language, but the description oddly never uses the words "parallel", "concurrently", or "agents", so natural phrasings users would say ("run these in parallel", "multiple agents") would not match. Fits 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms'.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 2+/independent/no-shared-state condition is fairly distinctive, but because the description omits 'parallel' and 'agent' vocabulary, it could overlap with generic delegation or task-management skills while also missing its own intended triggers. Anchor 3: 'somewhat specific but could still overlap with similar skills'.

3 / 5

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10

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills

Path

skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md

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