# Parallel Agent Dispatch

> Dispatches independent subagents in parallel with clear contracts and merge discipline. Use this skill when multiple independent research or implementation strands can proceed without shared mutable state. Do not use when/for sequential dependent steps, or creating git worktrees themselves (use git-worktrees).

- Skill: `jagreehal/parallel-agent-dispatch` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add jagreehal/parallel-agent-dispatch`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/jagreehal/parallel-agent-dispatch/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: jagreehal (https://skillmd.com/u/jagreehal)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/jagreehal/parallel-agent-dispatch

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# Parallel Agent Dispatch

## Critical rules

- Domains must be independent. If failures might share a root cause, use one agent.
- Each agent gets specific scope, clear goal, constraints, and expected output.
- Never ask agents to "make tests pass" without finding the real cause.
- After return: read summaries, check conflicts, run full suite; verify via `verification-before-completion`.
- Before dispatching, read [references/patterns.md](references/patterns.md).

## Workflow

1. Confirm independence (no shared state/files; fixing one cannot affect another).
2. Group by domain; write one self-contained brief per domain (see patterns).
3. Dispatch agents concurrently.
4. Review each summary; resolve conflicts.
5. Run the full test suite; integrate only after fresh verification.

Decision: multiple failures → independent? no → single agent; yes → can parallelize? no → sequential; yes → parallel dispatch.

## Resources

- [references/patterns.md](references/patterns.md) — brief template, when to parallelize, mistakes. Read before dispatch.

## Validation

Before dispatch:

- [ ] Independence confirmed
- [ ] Each prompt has scope, goal, constraints, errors, return format

After return:

- [ ] Summaries read; conflicts checked
- [ ] Full suite passes after integration

## Constraints

- Related: `debugging-methodology`, `verification-before-completion`, `tdd-workflow`, `git-worktrees`.
- Do not parallelize exploratory debugging when you do not yet know what is broken.