conductor

Use when a complex, long-running task risks polluting one conversation — research, implementation, review, planning, or learning that should be split into dependency-aware branches while keeping the master session clean. The Claude Code-native Conductor, where branches are separate user-driven sessions, raw content is quarantined in subagents, and the protocol is enforced by hooks rather than only guidance. Pairs with grill-me-style requirement work.

Use when a complex task needs dependency-aware interactive branches, subagents, or AI coding threads while keeping the master session context clean through explicit branch briefs, completion reports, wave planning, and user-approved merges. Especially useful with grill-me, Trellis, research, implementation, writing, and planning workflows that risk context pollution.