fellowship

Multi-task orchestrator. Coordinates agent teammates (led by Gandalf) running /quest (code) or /scout (research) workflows. Use when you have multiple independent tasks to run in parallel.

Use for any non-trivial task. Orchestrates the Research-Plan-Implement cycle with compaction between phases, integrating council, lembas, gather-lore, and warden. Enforces discipline and phase gates.

Post-fellowship retrospective analysis. Collects gate history, palantir alerts, and quest metrics to surface patterns and interactively recommend configuration improvements.

Use AFTER writing code and BEFORE submitting a PR. Simulates a strict code reviewer by comparing changes against reference files and documented conventions. Catches "we don't do it that way" feedback before your human reviewer does.

Fetches GitHub issue context for quest spawning. Parses issue references, retrieves structured data via gh, and produces branch suggestions and PR keywords. Used standalone or as input to quest orchestration.

Research & analysis workflow. Investigates questions, gathers findings, optionally validates with a fresh subagent. Produces a report — no code, no PRs, no commits. Use standalone or as a fellowship teammate.

Use at the start of any non-trivial task. Loads focused, task-relevant context by reading CLAUDE.md, scanning for related files, and producing a structured Session Context block. Invoked automatically by quest or standalone via /council.

Use between workflow phases or when context feels bloated. Compresses the current conversation into a structured summary capturing task, findings, files, state, and next steps. Invoke standalone or automatically between quest phases.

Load phase-specific guidance from a quest template. Invoke at the start of each quest phase when a template has been assigned.

Use BEFORE writing any code in an unfamiliar area. Studies reference files from CLAUDE.md to extract conventions and patterns. Prevents "wrong approach" code review rework by understanding how things are done before writing anything.