Orchestrate

Orchestrate

Coordinate parallel work in a Codex-native way.

Boundary

Codex Copilot does not auto-spawn workers unless the user explicitly asks for delegation or parallel execution.

Workflow

1. Use ta to create a PRD, task breakdown, streams, dependencies, and file ownership.
2. Validate stream dependencies and file overlap with scripts/orchestrate-validate.py before any parallel work begins.
3. Use git worktrees only after confirming the branch/worktree plan with the user.
4. Spawn Codex subagents only when explicitly requested.
5. Keep write scopes disjoint and route each implementation stream through qa.
6. Treat merge, cleanup, and removal operations as separate actions requiring explicit current approval when destructive.
7. For a user-requested cost-capped non-interactive worker, pass --max-budget-usd through tc worker; do not imply that stored metadata enforces a cap unless the installed tc contract says so.

Stream Metadata

Each stream should declare:

{
  "streamId": "Stream-A",
  "streamName": "Foundation",
  "files": ["src/example.ts"],
  "streamDependencies": [],
  "streamPaths": ["src/example/**"],
  "streamTokenBudget": 2500
}

Launch Template

When the user explicitly approves delegation, spawn each stream with:

• specialist role and skill
• task id and stream id
• owned files or path globs
• forbidden paths
• expected work product and QA route

Output

• stream plan
• dependency graph
• file ownership map
• launch instructions or local execution plan