compound-v-parallel

name	compound-v-parallel
description	Analyzes task dependencies and groups independent steps into parallel batches. Use when executing multi-step plans or performing research across multiple sources.

Parallel Execution Skill

When to use this skill

• executing a multi-step plan with independent steps
• researching multiple topics or URLs simultaneously
• creating multiple independent files
• running multiple independent commands

Dependency analysis

1. List all steps / tool calls needed.
2. For each pair, check: does step B depend on output of step A?
   • Same file? → sequential.
   • B reads A's output? → sequential.
   • No overlap? → parallel.
3. Group independent steps into batches.

Examples of parallelizable work

• Multiple web searches for different topics
• Multiple file reads on different files
• Multiple file writes for unrelated files
• Multiple commands that don't depend on each other

When NOT to parallelize

• Steps that modify the same file
• Steps where output of one feeds into another
• Sequential build/test chains (build → test → deploy)