team-coordination

name	team-coordination
description	Use when managing an ACTIVE agent team — coordinating tasks between teammates, handling team messaging, plan approval, delegate mode, display modes, or graceful shutdown. Triggers: "task management", "team communication", "delegate mode", "plan approval", "shutdown teammates", "team messaging", "how do I manage my team", "feedback gate", "dedup guard". Do NOT trigger for choosing a team blueprint or describing what agent teams are at a high level — those route to `team-blueprints` and `agent-teams` respectively. This skill is for running a team that's already spawned.
version	0.26.0

Team Coordination Patterns

Operating manual for active agent teams. Covers task lifecycle, communication, plan approval, hook-based quality gates, and graceful shutdown.

Quick router

You want to...	Read
Manage the task list (states, assignment, sizing, dependencies, dedup guard)	references/task-management.md
Message teammates, choose between message vs broadcast, switch display modes	references/communication.md
Understand team startup → operation → shutdown flow, including delegate mode	references/lifecycle.md
Enforce plan approval, user feedback gates, or use TaskCreated/Idle/Completed hooks	references/quality-gates.md

Where canonical protocols live

This skill describes how coordination works. The literal protocol blocks teammates receive at spawn time are in:

• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/core-protocols.md — the four canonical Protocol Blocks (Task Blocking, Escalation, Output Standards, Shutdown). Every spawn prompt embeds this via [Include Core Protocols from shared/core-protocols.md].
• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/shutdown-protocol.md — full shutdown sequence including Phase 0 scenario invalidation check.
• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/efficiency-guidelines.md — right-sizing rules, coordination overhead budget, anti-patterns.
• ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/shared/artifact-protocol.md — docs/teams/[team]/ directory structure and frontmatter schemas.

Edit those files when changing rules. This skill's references describe behavior in plain language for human readers.