Claude Code Agent Development
anthropics/claude-plugins-official
Explains how to write agents for Claude Code plugins: the markdown file with YAML frontmatter, trigger descriptions, model and color settings, and system prompt design.
Coordinate focused subagents on substantial work, keep their ownership non-overlapping, and integrate verified results.
Install Orchestrate
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills orchestrate --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrate .claude/skills/orchestrate && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "orchestrate" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/orchestrate into .claude/skills/orchestrate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrate", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/orchestrateType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills orchestrate --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrate .agents/skills/orchestrate && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "orchestrate" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/orchestrate into .agents/skills/orchestrate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrate", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills orchestrate --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrate .cursor/skills/orchestrate && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "orchestrate" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/orchestrate into .cursor/skills/orchestrate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrate", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git --path skills/orchestrate--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills orchestrate --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrate .gemini/skills/orchestrate && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "orchestrate" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/orchestrate into .gemini/skills/orchestrate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrate", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills orchestrateInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrate .github/skills/orchestrate && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "orchestrate" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/orchestrate into .github/skills/orchestrate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrate", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills orchestrate --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrate .opencode/skills/orchestrate && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "orchestrate" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/orchestrate into .opencode/skills/orchestrate/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrate", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
orchestrate- GitHub stars
- 47k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~692 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 281 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 1,394
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Coordinate focused subagents on substantial work, keep their ownership non-overlapping, and integrate verified results.
- Works in 6 steps: Decompose the task into distinct,… → Run narrow, read-only scouts in parallel… → Use medium reasoning effort for routine… → …
- Large-scope Codex tasks
- SKILL.md covers When to Use, Workflow, Examples and Limitations
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Orchestrate is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Coordinate focused subagents on substantial work, keep their ownership non-overlapping, and integrate verified results. Use for large-scope Codex tasks; keep trivial work with the coordinator.
Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Subagents. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Large-scope Codex tasks
- Keep trivial work with the coordinator
Example prompts
- “/orchestrate”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Decompose the task into distinct, bounded assignments with explicit outputs.
- Run narrow, read-only scouts in parallel with low reasoning effort and no
- Use medium reasoning effort for routine implementation and high reasoning
- Give each subagent distinct ownership. Prevent overlapping assignments, and
- Integrate the outputs, resolve conflicts, and verify the combined result.
- Keep approvals and externally consequential decisions with the user.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Orchestrate loads about 692 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 281 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 281 words, ~692 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/orchestrate/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- orchestrate
- description
- Coordinate focused subagents on substantial work, keep their ownership non-overlapping, and integrate verified results. Use for large-scope Codex tasks; keep trivial work with the coordinator.
- category
- agent-orchestration
- risk
- safe
- source
- https://github.com/provencher/codex-skills/tree/8aa6c42b73781c905c55f8a1253a18127079ac21/orchestrate
- source_repo
- provencher/codex-skills
- source_type
- community
- date_added
- 2026-07-26
- author
- provencher
- tags
- codex, orchestration, multi-agent, delegation, subagents
- tools
- codex
- license
- MIT
Orchestrate
Coordinate substantial work across focused subagents while remaining available to the user and retaining responsibility for the integrated result.
When to Use
- Use when a task has multiple independent research, review, or implementation lanes.
- Use when parallel work will materially reduce elapsed time or improve coverage.
- Use when a coordinator must synthesize several bounded outputs into one verified result.
Keep trivial tasks with the coordinator.
Workflow
- Decompose the task into distinct, bounded assignments with explicit outputs.
- Run narrow, read-only scouts in parallel with low reasoning effort and no inherited conversation when the runtime supports those controls. Give each scout all scoped context and evidence required to complete its assignment.
- Use medium reasoning effort for routine implementation and high reasoning effort for difficult work.
- Give each subagent distinct ownership. Prevent overlapping assignments, and instruct leaf workers not to delegate.
- Integrate the outputs, resolve conflicts, and verify the combined result.
- Keep approvals and externally consequential decisions with the user.
Examples
- For a repository-wide feature, assign non-overlapping agents to architecture inspection, implementation, and test review, then integrate their findings and run the final verification from the coordinator.
- For a research brief, assign independent sources or questions to read-only scouts, reconcile disagreements, and keep the final judgment with the coordinator.
Limitations
- Requires a runtime that exposes subagent or delegation tools; otherwise keep the work with the coordinator.
- Delegation does not authorize file mutations, public actions, purchases, or other consequential operations beyond the user's original scope.
- Parallel agents can add cost and coordination overhead, so use them only when the task is substantial enough to benefit.
- The coordinator remains responsible for checking claims, changes, tests, and the final answer.
© sickn33, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/orchestrate of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2
Used in 1 other repository
We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
Orchestrate next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchestrate this skillsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~692 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Claude Code Agent Developmentanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 37k | 8 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Subagent Driven DevelopmentAsvarox/allkaraoke | 261 | 37 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Dispatching Parallel Agentsultralisp/ultralisp | 258 | 40 repos | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Paseo Advisor Second Opiniongetpaseo/paseo | 20k | 1 repos | ~756 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Task Observerrebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all | 3.2k | 1 repos | ~12k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 |
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Questions about Orchestrate
What does Orchestrate do?
Coordinate focused subagents on substantial work, keep their ownership non-overlapping, and integrate verified results. Orchestrate is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Coordinate focused subagents on substantial work, keep their ownership non-overlapping, and integrate verified results.
When should I use Orchestrate?
Orchestrate fits situations like: large-scope Codex tasks; keep trivial work with the coordinator.
How do I install Orchestrate in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/orchestrate in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/orchestrate in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Orchestrate in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/orchestrate in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/orchestrate in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Orchestrate in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill orchestrate -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/orchestrate, .gemini/skills/orchestrate, .github/skills/orchestrate and .opencode/skills/orchestrate in your project.
What does Orchestrate need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Orchestrate is instructions for the agent only.
Does Orchestrate access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Orchestrate safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Orchestrate use?
Orchestrate is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Orchestrate use?
About 692 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Orchestrate?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Orchestrate: Claude Code Agent Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 37k stars), Subagent Driven Development (Asvarox/allkaraoke, 261 stars), Dispatching Parallel Agents (ultralisp/ultralisp, 258 stars) and Paseo Advisor Second Opinion (getpaseo/paseo, 20k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Orchestrate?
sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.