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code-orchestrator: delegated phase-based implementation
gist
code-orchestrator is Rob Cheung's Agent Skills pack for running multi-phase implementation plans with delegated subagents. Five skills form one pipeline: write-phase-plan authors dependency-ordered phases with acceptance criteria and validation commands; phase-orchestrator runs orient, implement, validate, review, commit, then a whole-feature review; and three worker contracts implement, independently review, or finally review a phase. Workers return a fixed result format so the orchestrator can combine outcomes without carrying transcripts.
ideas
- One pack, five contracts. A plan author, an orchestrator, and implementer, reviewer, and final-reviewer workers form a single delegation pipeline.
- The orchestrator owns the loop. It orients, implements, validates, reviews, commits, updates the plan, then runs a whole-feature review.
- Workers stay narrow. The implementer builds exactly one phase and does not commit by default; the reviewer reads the diff before the implementer's notes.
- Results are structured, not conversational. A fixed report format lets the orchestrator combine outcomes without carrying transcripts.
- Host dispatch varies. Named custom agents, a general subagent that loads the companion skill, or pasted standing rules are all valid.
quotes
“Five skills form one delegation pipeline:”
“The orchestrator dispatches each worker role through the host's subagent mechanism.”
“The worker skills are not usually invoked directly — the orchestrator dispatches them”
“Reviews the diff independently before reading the implementer's notes.”