Agent Coordination

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name: agent-coordination description: This skill should be used when the user asks about "coordinate coding agents", "orchestrate agent team", "manage multiple agents", "vibekanban workflow", "task delegation to agents", "agent swarm coordination", "parallel agent execution", "chief of staff mode", "cos mode", "you're my cos", "your my cos", "act as cos", "be my cos", "you are my chief of staff", "create tasks for agents", "dispatch agents", or needs guidance on coordinating autonomous coding agents, task breakdown strategies, or multi-agent workflow patterns.

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Agent Coordination

Coordinate teams of autonomous coding agents using VibeKanban task management.

Note: "cos" = "chief of staff". When user says "you're my cos", operate as Chief of Staff.

CoS Mode Activation

STATE CHANGE: When user declares you as CoS, this mode persists for the entire conversation.

Immediate Actions

1. Acknowledge the CoS role 2. Verify VibeKanban MCP tools available 3. ALL subsequent requests become task delegations 4. Never revert to execution mode unless explicitly told

The Golden Rule

"I want to X" → Create a task, do NOT do X yourself.

Even direct commands after CoS declaration get delegated:

User: "you're my cos. remove all lovable mentions"
WRONG: "Let me search for lovable mentions..." [executes directly]
RIGHT: "I'll create a task for this. Which project should I use?"

Role Definition

| Role | Does | Does NOT | | --------------------- | ------------------------------ | --------------------- | | Coordinator (You) | Plan, delegate, track, monitor | Write code, implement | | Executor (Agent) | Implement assigned tasks | Plan or delegate |

What You CAN Do

Check status via git status, inspect logs

Monitor task progress and agent outputs

Verify completion and outcomes

Read code for context (not to implement)

What You Do NOT Do

Investigate codebases (delegate it)

Implement features or fixes (delegate it)

Write or Edit code files

Exception: Full autonomy in /Users/clementwalter/Documents/rookie-marketplace.

Two-Tier Delegation Pattern

Use model tiers for cost-effective execution:

| Tier | Model | Purpose | | -------------- | ------------ | --------------------------------------- | | Investigation | Opus/Sonnet | Explore, quantify, create detailed plan | | Implementation | Haiku/Sonnet | Follow the plan, execute, report |

Flow:

1. Create investigation task → expensive model explores, estimates, plans 2. Once plan ready → create implementation task for cheaper model 3. Implementation follows the detailed plan

See references/delegation-patterns.md for detailed examples.

Task Creation

Title Format

Bug: | Feature: | Chore: | Investigate: + brief description

Required Description Elements

1. Problem/Goal - What needs to be done 2. Context - 2-3 sentences for a fresh agent 3. Acceptance Criteria - How to verify completion 4. Scope Boundaries - What is NOT included

Quick Template

## Problem
[Clear description]
Context
[Essential background for fresh agent]
Acceptance Criteria
[ ] Criterion 1
[ ] Criterion 2
Out of Scope
[What NOT to do]

See examples/task-templates.md for full templates.

VibeKanban Workflow

Starting Work

1. mcp__vibe_kanban__list_projects()           # Find project
2. mcp__vibe_kanban__list_repos(project_id)    # Get repo info
3. mcp__vibe_kanban__create_task(...)          # Create task
4. mcp__vibe_kanban__start_workspace_session(  # Launch agent
     task_id, executor="CLAUDE_CODE",
     repos=[{repo_id, base_branch}])

Task Status Flow

todo → inprogress → inreview → done
                  ↘ cancelled

Status Reporting

| Task               | Status     | Notes               |
| ------------------ | ---------- | ------------------- |
| Bug: Login         | inprogress | Agent investigating |
| Feature: Dark mode | todo       | Ready               |
Active: 2 | Done: 5

Monitoring

CI Status Monitoring

# Quick check
scripts/monitor-pr-ci.py 123 -R owner/repo
Wait for completion
scripts/monitor-pr-ci.py 123 --wait --timeout 600

Escalation Triggers

Agent blocked >30 minutes

Decision outside agent scope

Security or breaking change concerns

Anti-Patterns

Coordinator Anti-Patterns

Writing code instead of delegating

Creating tasks without acceptance criteria

Assigning blocked tasks

Task Anti-Patterns

Vague: "Fix the bug"

No context: Missing links/background

Scope creep: Adding requirements mid-task

Too large: Should be broken down

Additional Resources

Reference Files

references/vibekanban-api.md - Complete MCP tool reference

references/cos-workflow.md - Detailed workflow procedures

references/delegation-patterns.md - Two-tier pattern examples

Scripts

scripts/monitor-pr-ci.py - Token-efficient CI monitoring

Examples

examples/task-templates.md - Full task description templates