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dispatching-parallel-agents

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

43

Quality

42%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

77%

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

This is a well-structured skill with strong actionability — the agent prompt template, dispatch pattern, and common mistakes sections provide genuinely useful, concrete guidance. The main weakness is redundancy: the 'When NOT to Use' section duplicates 'Don't use when', 'Key Benefits' restates the obvious, and 'Real-World Impact' largely repeats the earlier real example. Trimming these redundancies would significantly improve token efficiency.

Suggestions

Remove the 'Real-World Impact' section entirely — it duplicates the 'Real Example from Session' section with the same data points

Merge 'When NOT to Use' into the existing 'Don't use when' bullet list to eliminate redundancy

Remove or collapse 'Key Benefits' — parallelization, focus, independence, and speed are self-evident from the pattern description

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The skill has significant redundancy — 'When NOT to Use' repeats the 'Don't use when' section, 'Key Benefits' restates what's already obvious, and the 'Real-World Impact' section at the end duplicates the 'Real Example from Session' section. The dot graph is creative but adds tokens for marginal value. However, the core pattern sections are reasonably efficient.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete, copy-paste-ready agent prompt templates, specific TypeScript dispatch syntax, detailed examples with actual test file names and error descriptions, and a clear markdown template for agent prompts. The common mistakes section with ❌/✅ pairs gives very specific do/don't guidance.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 4-step workflow (Identify → Create → Dispatch → Review) is clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints in the 'Review and Integrate' and 'Verification' sections. The verification section includes conflict checking, full suite runs, and spot-checking — appropriate feedback loops for a parallel dispatch pattern where agent changes could conflict.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The content is a monolithic document at ~150 lines with no references to external files. Several sections (Real Example, Real-World Impact, Key Benefits) could be trimmed or split out. For a skill of this complexity, the inline structure is acceptable but the redundant sections bloat what should be a focused overview.

2 / 3

Total

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Passed

Description

7%

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 provides a vague trigger condition without ever stating what the skill does. It lacks concrete actions, natural user-facing keywords, and a clear 'what' clause. A user or Claude selecting from many skills would struggle to understand this skill's purpose or when to choose it over alternatives.

Suggestions

Add a clear 'what' clause describing the concrete action, e.g., 'Executes multiple tasks in parallel using subagents to speed up independent workloads.'

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

Restructure to follow the pattern: '[What it does]. Use when [trigger conditions].' to ensure both halves are explicitly covered.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description does not list any concrete actions or capabilities. It describes a condition for use but never says what the skill actually does — no verbs like 'runs', 'executes', 'parallelizes', etc.

1 / 3

Completeness

The 'what does this do' is entirely missing — the description only addresses 'when' to use it, and even that is abstract. Without any explanation of what the skill does, completeness is very weak.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

There are no natural keywords a user would say. Terms like 'independent tasks', 'shared state', and 'sequential dependencies' are abstract/technical jargon unlikely to appear in user requests.

1 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The mention of '2+ independent tasks' and 'no shared state or sequential dependencies' narrows the scope somewhat (likely parallel execution), but without naming the actual mechanism, it could overlap with any task orchestration or workflow skill.

2 / 3

Total

5

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
obra/superpowers
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