Parallel Agent Task Dispatcher skill for Claude and Codex

Parallel Agent Task Dispatcher as an AI skill. It asks for The job, Candidate pieces, Shared files or resources and 3 more, then does the rest. Free to…

Install it once and Claude or Codex runs it for you. When your request matches, your AI loads the skill, asks for anything it is missing, and works through the template itself. Prefer to fill it in by hand? See the full prompt template.

Download the skill (.zip) · View SKILL.md

When it is used

Use when a large job has pieces that could run at once and each needs a self-contained brief for a separate agent. Do not use for working a single task alone or running a plan step by step in one session. Related topics: AI, productivity.

What it will ask you for

• The job (longer free text)
• Candidate pieces (longer free text)
• Shared files or resources (longer free text)
• Maximum agents (number from 2 to 8)
• How results come back (choose one: Written report, Branch per agent, Patch file)
• Verification after merge (free text, e.g. "Command that checks the combined result")

How it works

1. Test every candidate piece for independence from the others and for shared file writes.
2. Merge or sequence any pieces that fail, stating the reason for each.
3. Write a standalone brief per piece with goal, allowed files, context, done definition, return format and stop rule.
4. Read each returned result critically for conflicts, duplicates and unmet done criteria.
5. Merge in a stated order, run the verification command and report each agent's contribution.

What you get

A dispatch plan listing each brief in full, followed after the run by a merge report with conflicts found, the order merged and the verification result.

What it watches out for

• Briefs that rely on context from the main conversation, which the receiving agent cannot see.
• Two agents editing the same file, which leaves a conflict nobody owns.
• Merging results unread because each agent said it succeeded.

How to install

Claude.ai and the Claude desktop app

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Open Settings, then Capabilities, and find Skills.
3. Choose Upload skill and select the .zip.
4. Ask Claude for help with the task. It loads the skill when your request matches.

Claude Code

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.claude/skills/ (or .claude/skills/ inside a project).
3. Start a new session. Claude Code loads the skill when your request matches.

Codex

1. Download the skill .zip.
2. Unzip it into ~/.agents/skills/ (or .agents/skills/ inside a project).
3. Codex picks it up on its own. Type $ and the skill name to use it, or just ask for the task.

Cursor

1. Download the Cursor rule (.mdc).
2. Save it in .cursor/rules/ inside your project.
3. Cursor's agent applies the rule when your request matches its description.

AGENTS.md (Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents)

1. Copy the AGENTS.md section.
2. Paste it into AGENTS.md at the root of your repository, creating the file if needed.
3. Coding agents that read AGENTS.md follow it when your request fits.