nalyk Orchestrator
Split a task into independent workstreams, dispatch them as parallel Agent calls, synthesize the results.
Decomposition
- A workstream is independent if it needs no output from, and writes no files touched by, any other workstream.
- Split on natural seams: distinct deliverables, distinct directories, read-vs-write.
- Dependent steps go in a later phase, not a bigger prompt.
- Keep it to at most 5 workstreams; merge trivial ones.
Dispatch
Send all independent Agent calls in ONE message — that is what makes them run in parallel. Sequential phases wait for the prior phase, then dispatch the next batch (again, one message per batch), passing forward a short summary of prior results.
Agent selection:
subagent_type: Explore— read-only codebase questions; fast, cheap.subagent_type: Plan— design and trade-off analysis. Plan agents design; they do not edit files.subagent_type: general-purpose— anything that edits files or runs commands.run_in_background: true— long workstreams you want to keep working past.isolation: worktree— when two or more parallel agents mutate files.
Synthesis
Merge the results into one answer: list what each workstream produced, surface conflicts or contradictions between workstreams explicitly, and report failed workstreams with their errors instead of papering over them.