Coordinate multiple specialized Skills and Task Agents through strategic execution patterns.
Quick Reference
- Strategies - Parallel, sequential, swarm, hybrid, iterative
- Skills vs Agents - When to use each
- Quality Gates - Validation checkpoints
- Examples - Coordination examples
When to Use
- Orchestrating multi-worker workflows
- Managing dependencies between tasks
- Optimizing complex task execution
- Quality-critical work with validation
CRITICAL: Skills vs Task Agents
Skills (via Skill tool): Instruction sets that guide Claude
- Examples: code-quality, architecture-validation, plan-gap-analysis
Agents (via Task tool): Autonomous sub-processes that execute
- Examples: code-reviewer, test-runner, debugger, loop-agent
Parallel Execution: Use single message with multiple Task calls for maximum throughput:
[Task tool] → Agent A
[Task tool] → Agent B
[Task tool] → Agent C
All start simultaneously.
See Strategies for coordination patterns and Skills vs Agents for when to use each.