/orchestrate

name: orchestrate
description: "Coordinates multiple specialized agents in parallel. Triggers: orchestrate, multi-agent, parallel agents, coordinate agents."
user-invocable: true
effort: max
argument-hint: "[task]"
context: fork
agent: orchestrator
model: opus
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Agent, TeamCreate, TeamDelete, SendMessage, TaskCreate, TaskList, TaskUpdate, TaskGet, TaskOutput, TaskStop

/orchestrate - Multi-Agent Coordination

$ARGUMENTS

MANDATORY: You MUST use the Agent tool

**DO NOT analyze or implement this task yourself.** Your only job is to decompose the task and invoke specialized agents via the `Agent` tool. If you attempt to do the work inline, you have failed.

Step 1 — Decompose

Analyze the task and identify 3–6 sub-domains (e.g. backend, frontend, security, testing, docs). Define clear file ownership per domain so agents don't conflict.

Present the decomposition to the user and wait for approval before Step 2.

Step 2 — Spawn agents in parallel (REQUIRED)

Call the `Agent` tool **multiple times in a single response** — one call per sub-domain. All independent agents MUST be launched in the same message to run in parallel.

Example for a feature implementation task:

Agent(subagent_type="backend-specialist", prompt="...", ...)
Agent(subagent_type="frontend-specialist", prompt="...", ...)
Agent(subagent_type="test-engineer", prompt="...", ...)
Agent(subagent_type="security-auditor", prompt="...", ...)

Each agent prompt MUST include: 1. The original user task 2. The specific sub-task this agent owns 3. File paths this agent is allowed to modify 4. Success criteria for this agent's work

Step 3 — Synthesize

After all agents complete, generate the Orchestration Report combining their findings.

Available Agents

| Agent | Domain | |-------|--------| | `backend-specialist` | API, server logic, databases | | `frontend-specialist` | React, Vue, UI components | | `test-engineer` | Unit, integration, E2E tests | | `security-auditor` | OWASP, vulnerabilities, auth | | `database-architect` | Schema, migrations, queries | | `devops-implementer` | Docker, CI/CD, infra | | `performance-optimizer` | Profiling, bottlenecks | | `documenter` | KB, architecture notes, runbooks | | `code-reviewer` | Code quality, patterns | | `tech-lead` | Architecture, standards |

Output Format

## Orchestration Report

### Task
[Original task]

### Agents Invoked
| # | Agent | Sub-task | Files | Status |
|---|-------|----------|-------|--------|
| 1 | backend-specialist | API layer | src/api/ | Done |
| 2 | frontend-specialist | UI components | src/components/ | Done |
| 3 | test-engineer | Test suite | tests/ | Done |

### Key Findings
1. **[Agent]**: Finding
2. **[Agent]**: Finding

### Summary
[Synthesis]