orchestrate

name	orchestrate
description	Select and run a multi-agent workflow pattern for work that exceeds one agent's reliable scope. Use for parallel research, independent reviews, cross-domain changes, or high-risk implementation planning.
allowed-tools	Read, Grep, Glob, LS, Bash(node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs:*), Bash(node .harness/scripts/orchestration-contract-from-task.mjs:*)
suggested-turns	10

Multi-Agent Orchestration

Chooses one of six team patterns. By default it produces an agent execution packet; with --run it runs the pattern as an MVP orchestration runtime and records transcripts, cost, token, and cache metrics.

Patterns

1. pipeline — sequential handoff: explore → plan → implement → review.
2. fanout — parallel independent investigation, then synthesize.
3. fanin — collect outputs from several agents into one decision.
4. expert-pool — ask specialized reviewers for second opinions.
5. red-team — adversarial review for security/reliability risks.
6. supervisor — one coordinator tracks subtask completion.

Steps

node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs "task description" --pattern=fanout
node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs "task description" --pattern=fanout --run --max-concurrency=3
node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs "task description" --pattern=fanout --run --transport=mock
node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs "task description" --pattern=fanout --run --transport=codex-cli
node .harness/scripts/orchestration-contract-from-task.mjs <task-id>
node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs --contract=release-review --run --transport=mock
node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs --resume=<run-id-or-dir>
node .claude/skills/orchestrate/orchestrate.mjs --validate-run=<run-id-or-dir>

Packet mode writes .harness/docs/orchestration/<timestamp>-<pattern>.md. When this skill is rendered for Codex under .agents/skills, runtime mode defaults to --transport=codex-cli; Claude-rendered skills default to --transport=claude-cli.

Use orchestration-contract-from-task.mjs <task-id> to derive a contract from the task contract's risk tier, required reviewers, permissions, and evidence path before running high-risk or mutating multi-agent work.

Contract mode reads .harness/orchestration/contracts/<id>.json and binds the run to explicit lanes, tool policies, required reviewers, task ids, and output artifacts. Use it for high-risk work or any multi-agent run that should be auditable after the fact.

Runtime mode writes .harness/orchestration/<run-id>/manifest.json, per-agent transcripts, summary.json, and summary.md. It also appends orchestrate telemetry to .harness/telemetry.jsonl so cost/replay/export tools can trace task -> skill -> provider call -> cache bucket -> cost. Use --no-fail-fast when you need every lane to finish even after a failure.

Hardening flags:

• --timeout-ms=N kills a stalled lane and records a timeout result.
• --retries=N retries failed lanes before marking them failed.
• --resume=<run-id-or-dir> skips previously passed lanes and reruns missing/failed lanes.
• --cancel=<run-id-or-dir> writes a cancellation marker consumed by resume/running lanes.
• --validate-run=<run-id-or-dir> checks manifest, summary, and JSONL transcript schema.

Output contract

### Orchestration: <pattern>
### Agents: <count>
### Packet: .harness/docs/orchestration/<timestamp>-<pattern>.md
### Synthesis owner: main agent