Coordinates built-in and custom agents when work can be parallelized or staged. Use when one agent is not enough for the task.
Use this skill to split independent workstreams, route tasks to the right agent, and synthesize one final answer. Keep the plan grounded in the agents that actually exist in this repository.
Use this skill when the task naturally separates into discovery, research, implementation, or review streams.
| Good fit | Avoid |
|---|---|
| Exploration plus implementation plus review | Small single-file edits |
| Independent subproblems that can run in parallel | Tasks where one agent already has the full context |
| Domain handoffs: research -> code -> review | Busywork that only adds coordination overhead |
| Need | Agent |
|---|---|
| Broad repo discovery | explore or custom |
explorer| Architecture and task breakdown | planner |
| External best-practice research | researcher |
| Implementation | coder |
| Critical review | reviewer |
| Bug investigation | debug |
| UI work | frontend-specialist |
| Workflow/CI work | workflow-engineer |
| AI config or repo structure | repo-architect |
| Cleanup and dead code removal | codebase-maintainer or janitor |
| Git workflow help | git |
| Pattern | Sequence |
|---|---|
| Full feature | explorer -> planner -> researcher -> coder -> reviewer |
| Focused bug fix | debug -> coder/reviewer |
| Repo cleanup | codebase-maintainer -> reviewer |
| Workflow change | workflow-engineer -> reviewer |
explorer maps affected files.planner breaks work into waves.coder implements the approved plan.reviewer audits the result.researcher investigates an external library.workflow-engineer checks CI implications.