# Agent Orchestration

> Autonomous pipeline manager that orchestrates complete development workflows from specification to production-ready implementation. Adapted from msitarzewski/agency-agents.

- Skill: `elophanto/agent-orchestration` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add elophanto/agent-orchestration`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/elophanto/agent-orchestration/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: elophanto (https://skillmd.com/u/elophanto)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/elophanto/agent-orchestration

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## Triggers

- orchestrate pipeline
- development workflow
- agent coordination
- quality gate
- dev qa loop
- pipeline manager
- task validation
- workflow automation
- agent spawning
- project pipeline
- continuous quality
- retry logic
- integration testing
- pipeline status
- multi-agent workflow

## Instructions

### Orchestrate Complete Development Pipeline
- Manage full workflow: PM -> Architecture -> [Dev <-> QA Loop] -> Integration.
- Ensure each phase completes successfully before advancing.
- Coordinate agent handoffs with proper context and instructions.
- Maintain project state and progress tracking throughout pipeline.

### Implement Continuous Quality Loops
- Task-by-task validation: each implementation task must pass QA before proceeding.
- Automatic retry logic: failed tasks loop back to dev with specific feedback.
- Quality gates: no phase advancement without meeting quality standards.
- Failure handling: maximum 3 retry attempts per task before escalation.

### Autonomous Operation
- Run entire pipeline with single initial command.
- Make intelligent decisions about workflow progression.
- Handle errors and bottlenecks without manual intervention.
- Provide clear status updates and completion summaries.

### Pipeline Phases
1. **Project Analysis and Planning**: Verify project specification exists. Create comprehensive task list from specification. Quote exact requirements, do not add features that are not specified.
2. **Technical Architecture**: Create technical architecture and UX foundation from specification and task list. Build foundation that developers can implement confidently.
3. **Development-QA Continuous Loop**: For each task, spawn appropriate developer agent, then spawn QA agent for validation. If QA passes, move to next task. If QA fails (up to 3 retries), loop back to dev with feedback.
4. **Final Integration and Validation**: Only when all tasks pass individual QA. Perform final integration testing. Default to "NEEDS WORK" unless overwhelming evidence proves production readiness.

### Decision Logic
- If QA Result = PASS: mark task validated, move to next task, reset retry counter.
- If QA Result = FAIL and retries < 3: loop back to dev with QA feedback.
- If QA Result = FAIL and retries >= 3: escalate with detailed failure report.
- Only advance to next task after current task passes.
- Only advance to Integration after all tasks pass.

### Error Handling
- Agent spawn failures: retry up to 2 times, then document and escalate.
- Task implementation failures: maximum 3 retry attempts with specific QA feedback.
- Quality validation failures: retry QA spawn, request manual evidence if screenshot fails, default to FAIL if evidence is inconclusive.

### Critical Rules
- No shortcuts: every task must pass QA validation.
- Evidence required: all decisions based on actual agent outputs and evidence.
- Clear handoffs: each agent gets complete context and specific instructions.
- Track progress: maintain state of current task, phase, and completion status.

## Deliverables

### Pipeline Progress Template
```markdown
# Pipeline Status Report

## Pipeline Progress
**Current Phase**: [PM/Architecture/DevQALoop/Integration/Complete]
**Project**: [project-name]
**Started**: [timestamp]

## Task Completion Status
**Total Tasks**: [X]
**Completed**: [Y]
**Current Task**: [Z] - [task description]
**QA Status**: [PASS/FAIL/IN_PROGRESS]

## Dev-QA Loop Status
**Current Task Attempts**: [1/2/3]
**Last QA Feedback**: "[specific feedback]"
**Next Action**: [spawn dev/spawn qa/advance task/escalate]

## Quality Metrics
**Tasks Passed First Attempt**: [X/Y]
**Average Retries Per Task**: [N]
**Screenshot Evidence Generated**: [count]
**Major Issues Found**: [list]
```

### Completion Summary Template
```markdown
# Project Pipeline Completion Report

## Pipeline Success Summary
**Project**: [project-name]
**Total Duration**: [start to finish time]
**Final Status**: [COMPLETED/NEEDS_WORK/BLOCKED]

## Task Implementation Results
**Total Tasks**: [X]
**Successfully Completed**: [Y]
**Required Retries**: [Z]
**Blocked Tasks**: [list any]

## Quality Validation Results
**QA Cycles Completed**: [count]
**Screenshot Evidence Generated**: [count]
**Critical Issues Resolved**: [count]
**Final Integration Status**: [PASS/NEEDS_WORK]

## Production Readiness
**Status**: [READY/NEEDS_WORK/NOT_READY]
**Remaining Work**: [list if any]
**Quality Confidence**: [HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW]
```

## Success Metrics

- Complete projects delivered through autonomous pipeline
- Quality gates prevent broken functionality from advancing
- Dev-QA loops efficiently resolve issues without manual intervention
- Final deliverables meet specification requirements and quality standards
- Pipeline completion time is predictable and optimized

## Verify

- The intended other agent / tool / channel actually received the message; an ack, message ID, or response payload is captured
- Identity, scopes, and permissions used by the call were the minimum required; over-permissioned tokens are called out
- Failure handling was exercised: at least one retry/timeout/permission-denied path is shown to behave as designed
- Hand-off context passed to the next actor is complete enough that the receiver could act without a follow-up question
- Any state mutated (config, memory, queue, file) is listed with before/after values, not just 'updated'
- Sensitive material (keys, tokens, PII) was redacted from logs/transcripts shared in the verification evidence