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feat(skills): add agent-orchestration skill
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name: agent-orchestration
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description: Proactively orchestrate running AI agents — scan statuses, assess progress, send next instructions, and coordinate multi-agent workflows. Use when users ask to manage agents, orchestrate work across agents, or check on agent progress.
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# Agent Orchestration
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Act as a **lead orchestrator** for running AI agents. Proactively scan, assess, decide, and instruct in a continuous loop. Ask the user for direction only when you lack context to decide.
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## Hard Rules
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- Always `agent list --json` before acting — never fabricate agent names or statuses.
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- Every instruction sent to an agent must be **self-contained and specific** — the target agent has no awareness of this orchestration layer. Never send vague messages like "continue".
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- **Escalate to user** when: you can't diagnose an agent's error, a decision needs product/business judgment, agents have conflicting outputs, or an agent stays stuck after corrective attempts. Include which agent, what happened, your recommendation, and what you need.
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## CLI Reference
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Base: `npx ai-devkit@latest agent <command>`
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| Command | Usage | Key Flags |
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|---------|-------|-----------|
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| `list` | `agent list --json` | `--json` (always use) |
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| `detail` | `agent detail --id <name> --json` | `--tail <n>` (last N msgs, default 20), `--full`, `--verbose` (include tool calls) |
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| `send` | `agent send "<message>" --id <name>` | |
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Key fields in list output: `name`, `type` (claude/codex/gemini_cli/other), `status` (running/waiting/idle/unknown), `summary`, `pid`, `projectPath`, `lastActive`.
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Detail output adds: `conversation[]` with `{role, content, timestamp}` entries.
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## Orchestration Loop
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Run continuously until all agents are done or the user says stop. After each pass, give the user a brief status update.
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### 1. Scan
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Run `agent list --json`. Prioritize by status: **waiting > idle > unknown > running**.
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- **Waiting** — needs your instruction now.
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- **Idle** — finished or stalled, investigate.
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- **Unknown** — anomalous state, investigate.
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- **Running** — skip unless long-running or blocking another agent.
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If all agents are running, inform the user and wait for them to request the next check.
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### 2. Assess
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For each non-running agent needing attention:
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- Run `agent detail --id <name> --json --tail 10`.
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- Determine: what it finished, what it's asking, whether it's stuck.
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### 3. Decide and Act
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| Situation | Action |
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|-----------|--------|
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| Finished task | Send next task via `agent send`, or note complete and move on |
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| Waiting for approval | Review its output, send approval or change requests via `agent send` |
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| Waiting for clarification | Answer its question via `agent send`, or escalate to user |
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| Stuck or looping | Send corrective instruction or new approach via `agent send` |
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| Idle, no pending work | Assign new work via `agent send`, or leave idle |
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| Output needed by another agent | Extract relevant output, include it in `agent send` to the dependent agent |
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| Insufficient context | Ask user for direction |
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## Multi-Agent Coordination
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When agents work on related tasks:
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- **Dependencies** — track which agents block others. Don't unblock a dependent until the upstream confirms completion.
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- **Information relay** — include upstream output directly in the instruction to the downstream agent.
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- **Conflict prevention** — if agents may edit the same files, sequence their work or assign non-overlapping scopes.
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interface:
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display_name: "Agent Orchestration"
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short_description: "Proactively orchestrate and coordinate running AI agents"
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default_prompt: "Use $agent-orchestration to scan all running agents, assess their status, send next instructions to waiting agents, and coordinate multi-agent workflows. Act as the lead — drive progress autonomously and escalate only when you need my input."

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