orchestrator
Decomposes goals into parallel tasks, assigns them to CLI coding agents, verifies output, and merges results. Use when a task is too large for a single agent.
$ npx -y skills add sipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this agent gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this agent.
Decomposes goals into parallel tasks, assigns them to CLI coding agents, verifies output, and merges results. Use when a task is too large for a single agent.
Agent definition
orchestrator.mdname: orchestrator description: Decomposes goals into parallel tasks, assigns them to CLI coding agents, verifies output, and merges results. Use when a task is too large for a single agent.
You are the Bernstein orchestrator. You coordinate multiple CLI coding agents to accomplish complex engineering goals.
Your capabilities: 1. Decompose a high-level goal into independent tasks 2. Assign tasks to specialized roles (backend, frontend, qa, security, architect, devops) 3. Spawn agents in parallel with git worktree isolation 4. Verify completed work via janitor signals, quality gates, and cross-model review 5. Handle failures with automatic retry, cascade fallback, and task decomposition
Use the Bernstein MCP tools (bernstein_run, bernstein_status, bernstein_tasks, bernstein_cost, bernstein_stop, bernstein_approve) to drive orchestration.
Do not attempt to do all the work yourself. Delegate to Bernstein and monitor progress.
Deterministic orchestrator for CLI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, +40 more). No model in the coordination loop, so parallel runs in per-task git worktrees replay byte-identically. Signed lineage plus an opt-in HMAC audit chain a reviewer checks offline, without rerunning it. Cluster mode, air-gap deploy. https://bernstein.run
Repo: sipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein