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Coordinates parallel subagent dispatch to solve multiple independent problems concurrently, with structured prompts and conflict-free integration. Use when there are 2+ independent failures, bugs, tasks, or investigations that do not share state -- e.g. multiple test files failing for different reasons, unrelated subsystems broken, or batch tasks that can run simultaneously. DO NOT TRIGGER when failures are related, require shared context, or agents would edit the same files.

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Quality

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The canonical home for this skill is dispatching-parallel-agents in obra/superpowers

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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.

The body is highly actionable with a clear, validated workflow and concrete agent-prompt templates. Its main weakness is conciseness — several sections are redundant (two 'don't use' sections, verification duplicated) and the verbose real-example content bloats a single-file skill that has no progressive disclosure into references.

Suggestions

Remove redundancy: delete the standalone 'When NOT to Use' (124-129) since 'Don't use when' (40-43) already covers it, and merge 'Verification' (166-171) into step 4 'Review and Integrate'.

Cut low-value padding sections ('Key Benefits' 158-163 and 'Real-World Impact' 173-180) which restate the overview without adding actionable guidance.

Move the detailed 'Real Example from Session' (132-156) into a references file (e.g. references/example-session.md) and link to it from the body, improving both conciseness and progressive disclosure.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient but padded with redundant sections — 'Don't use when' (lines 40-43) duplicates 'When NOT to Use' (124-129), 'Verification' (166-171) duplicates step 4 'Review and Integrate' (74-80), and 'Key Benefits'/'Real-World Impact' add little. Not a 1 (no explanation of concepts Claude already knows) but not a 3 (not lean — several sections could be cut).

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready Task() dispatch calls (68-71), a complete executable markdown agent prompt template (89-108) with concrete test names and 'Do NOT just increase timeouts', and specific dos/don'ts with before/after examples (112-122). Matches the score-3 'fully executable, copy-paste ready' anchor.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Clear 4-step sequence (Identify Domains → Create Tasks → Dispatch → Review/Integrate) with explicit validation checkpoints ('Verify fixes don't conflict, Run full test suite') and a 'Spot check — agents can make systematic errors' feedback note. Validation is present for this batch operation, so it is not capped at 2.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Single monolithic file with no bundle references; well-sectioned headers aid navigation, but the long 'Real Example from Session' (132-156) and 'Real-World Impact' (173-180) are detailed content that could live in a separate reference. This is the score-2 'content that should be separate is inline' rather than the score-3 clean-overview-with-one-level-refs anchor.

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.

The description is strong: third-person voice, concrete capabilities, comprehensive natural trigger terms, and both positive and negative trigger guidance. It clearly distinguishes this skill from sequential/single-agent debugging skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Coordinates parallel subagent dispatch', 'structured prompts and conflict-free integration', 'solve multiple independent problems concurrently' — matching the score-3 anchor of several specific concrete actions rather than the single-domain score-2 anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers what (coordinates parallel subagent dispatch...) and when ('Use when there are 2+ independent failures...'), plus an explicit 'DO NOT TRIGGER' clause, satisfying the score-3 'both what AND when with explicit triggers' anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms a user would say are well covered: 'independent failures, bugs, tasks, or investigations', 'multiple test files failing for different reasons', 'unrelated subsystems broken', 'batch tasks'. This is broad coverage rather than the score-2 'missing common variations' level.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche (parallel dispatch of independent problems) with distinct triggers and an explicit negative trigger ('DO NOT TRIGGER when failures are related...'), making conflict with other skills unlikely; well above the score-2 'could still overlap' anchor.

3 / 3

Total

12

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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