parallel-agents

SKILL.md

Native Parallel Agents

Orchestration through Claude Code's built-in Agent Tool

Overview

This skill enables coordinating multiple specialized agents through Claude Code's native agent system. Unlike external scripts, this approach keeps all orchestration within Claude's control.

When to Use Orchestration

✅ Good for:

Complex tasks requiring multiple expertise domains

Code analysis from security, performance, and quality perspectives

Comprehensive reviews (architecture + security + testing)

Feature implementation needing backend + frontend + database work

❌ Not for:

Simple, single-domain tasks

Quick fixes or small changes

Tasks where one agent suffices

Native Agent Invocation

Single Agent

Use the security-auditor agent to review authentication

Sequential Chain

First, use the explorer-agent to discover project structure.
Then, use the backend-specialist to review API endpoints.
Finally, use the test-engineer to identify test gaps.

With Context Passing

Use the frontend-specialist to analyze React components.
Based on those findings, have the test-engineer generate component tests.

Resume Previous Work

Resume agent [agentId] and continue with additional requirements.

Orchestration Patterns

Pattern 1: Comprehensive Analysis

Agents: explorer-agent → [domain-agents] → synthesis

1. explorer-agent: Map codebase structure
2. security-auditor: Security posture
3. backend-specialist: API quality
4. frontend-specialist: UI/UX patterns
5. test-engineer: Test coverage
6. Synthesize all findings

Pattern 2: Feature Review

Agents: affected-domain-agents → test-engineer

1. Identify affected domains (backend? frontend? both?)
2. Invoke relevant domain agents
3. test-engineer verifies changes
4. Synthesize recommendations

Pattern 3: Security Audit

Agents: security-auditor → penetration-tester → synthesis

1. security-auditor: Configuration and code review
2. penetration-tester: Active vulnerability testing
3. Synthesize with prioritized remediation

Available Agents

Agent
Expertise
Trigger Phrases

orchestrator
Coordination
"comprehensive", "multi-perspective"

security-auditor
Security
"security", "auth", "vulnerabilities"

penetration-tester
Security Testing
"pentest", "red team", "exploit"

backend-specialist
Backend
"API", "server", "Node.js", "Express"

frontend-specialist
Frontend
"React", "UI", "components", "Next.js"

test-engineer
Testing
"tests", "coverage", "TDD"

devops-engineer
DevOps
"deploy", "CI/CD", "infrastructure"

database-architect
Database
"schema", "Prisma", "migrations"

mobile-developer
Mobile
"React Native", "Flutter", "mobile"

api-designer
API Design
"REST", "GraphQL", "OpenAPI"

debugger
Debugging
"bug", "error", "not working"

explorer-agent
Discovery
"explore", "map", "structure"

documentation-writer
Documentation
"write docs", "create README", "generate API docs"

performance-optimizer
Performance
"slow", "optimize", "profiling"

project-planner
Planning
"plan", "roadmap", "milestones"

seo-specialist
SEO
"SEO", "meta tags", "search ranking"

game-developer
Game Development
"game", "Unity", "Godot", "Phaser"

Claude Code Built-in Agents

These work alongside custom agents:

Agent
Model
Purpose

Explore
Haiku
Fast read-only codebase search

Plan
Sonnet
Research during plan mode

General-purpose
Sonnet
Complex multi-step modifications

Use Explore for quick searches, custom agents for domain expertise.

Synthesis Protocol

After all agents complete, synthesize:

## Orchestration Synthesis

### Task Summary
[What was accomplished]

### Agent Contributions
| Agent | Finding |
|-------|---------|
| security-auditor | Found X |
| backend-specialist | Identified Y |

### Consolidated Recommendations
1. **Critical**: [Issue from Agent A]
2. **Important**: [Issue from Agent B]
3. **Nice-to-have**: [Enhancement from Agent C]

### Action Items
- [ ] Fix critical security issue
- [ ] Refactor API endpoint
- [ ] Add missing tests

Best Practices

Available agents - 17 specialized agents can be orchestrated

Logical order - Discovery → Analysis → Implementation → Testing

Share context - Pass relevant findings to subsequent agents

Single synthesis - One unified report, not separate outputs

Verify changes - Always include test-engineer for code modifications

Key Benefits

✅ Single session - All agents share context

✅ AI-controlled - Claude orchestrates autonomously

✅ Native integration - Works with built-in Explore, Plan agents

✅ Resume support - Can continue previous agent work

✅ Context passing - Findings flow between agents