User Story Writer
deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills
Writes user stories in Mike Cohn's format with Gherkin acceptance criteria, turning user needs into development-ready work with testable conditions.
Boss skill for parallel worker orchestration. An agent skill from Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.
Install Orchestrator Boss
$ npx skills add Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh orchestrator-boss --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/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrator-boss .claude/skills/orchestrator-boss && 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 "orchestrator-boss" agent skill from https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh/tree/master/skills/orchestrator-boss into .claude/skills/orchestrator-boss/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrator-boss", 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/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh/tree/master/skills/orchestrator-bossType 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 Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh orchestrator-boss --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrator-boss .agents/skills/orchestrator-boss && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "orchestrator-boss" agent skill from https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh/tree/master/skills/orchestrator-boss into .agents/skills/orchestrator-boss/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrator-boss", 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 Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh orchestrator-boss --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrator-boss .cursor/skills/orchestrator-boss && 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 "orchestrator-boss" agent skill from https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh/tree/master/skills/orchestrator-boss into .cursor/skills/orchestrator-boss/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrator-boss", 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/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.git --path skills/orchestrator-boss--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 Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh orchestrator-boss --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrator-boss .gemini/skills/orchestrator-boss && 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 "orchestrator-boss" agent skill from https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh/tree/master/skills/orchestrator-boss into .gemini/skills/orchestrator-boss/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrator-boss", 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 Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh orchestrator-bossInstalls 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 Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrator-boss .github/skills/orchestrator-boss && 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 "orchestrator-boss" agent skill from https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh/tree/master/skills/orchestrator-boss into .github/skills/orchestrator-boss/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrator-boss", 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 Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh orchestrator-boss --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/orchestrator-boss .opencode/skills/orchestrator-boss && 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 "orchestrator-boss" agent skill from https://github.com/Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh/tree/master/skills/orchestrator-boss into .opencode/skills/orchestrator-boss/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "orchestrator-boss", 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
orchestrator-boss- GitHub stars
- 516
- Token cost
- ~1.7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 915 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 9
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Boss skill for parallel worker orchestration. An agent skill from Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.
- Works in 12 steps: Never edit implementation files or run… → If a task can be delegated, delegate it. → Prefer plan_tasks (server-owned board).… → …
- Tasks that involve User stories
- SKILL.md covers Workspace Inheritance, Specify Outcomes, Not Procedures, Hard Rules and Native Codex Goal Size, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Orchestrator Boss is an agent skill from Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh. Boss skill for parallel worker orchestration. Analyze, split, delegate by outcome, judge by acceptance criteria, integrate. Do not implement directly.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories. The repository describes itself as: All your AI providers, machines, and agent harnesses in one place. Formerly sandboxed.sh (now the backend to the Orb clients).
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve User stories
Example prompts
- “/orchestrator-boss”
Workflow steps
12 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Never edit implementation files or run the main fix loop yourself.
- If a task can be delegated, delegate it.
- Prefer plan_tasks (server-owned board). The scheduler spawns, retries, and
- Every editing task gets an isolated worktree unless it is read-only.
- Never trust a worker summary by itself. Verify actual files, diffs, commits,
- Mark tasks whose failure would be expensive or irreversible (pushes to
- If board_status shows unresolvable_deps, your plan references a task key
- For PR campaigns, separate phases: read-only discovery on one frozen SHA,
- A task with writer: false is a capability boundary. It may inspect and
- If two certification cycles expose the same root-cause family, stop
- If you choose not to delegate something, state the blocker explicitly.
- Direct work is limited to decomposition, triage, merge, and final
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6b0d233. 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
Orchestrator Boss loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 42 tokens; SKILL.md has 915 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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 915 words (~1,714 tokens).
“You coordinate worker missions. Prefer delegation over direct work.”
- name
- orchestrator-boss
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/orchestrator-boss of Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6b0d233
Compare with similar skills
Orchestrator Boss 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchestrator Boss this skillTh0rgal/sandboxed.sh | 516 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| User Story Writerdeanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills | 7.2k | 2 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Ralph Tui Create Beadssubsy/ralph-tui | 2.5k | 1 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Agile Product Owneralirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 3 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ralph Tui Create Beads Rustsubsy/ralph-tui | 2.5k | 1 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| To Specbestofjs/bestofjs | 3.1k | 21 repos | ~757 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Orchestrator Boss
What does Orchestrator Boss do?
Boss skill for parallel worker orchestration. An agent skill from Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh. sh. Boss skill for parallel worker orchestration.
When should I use Orchestrator Boss?
Orchestrator Boss fits situations like: tasks that involve User stories.
How do I install Orchestrator Boss in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/orchestrator-boss in Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh) into .claude/skills/orchestrator-boss in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Orchestrator Boss in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/orchestrator-boss in Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh) into .agents/skills/orchestrator-boss in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Orchestrator Boss 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 Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh --skill orchestrator-boss -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/orchestrator-boss, .gemini/skills/orchestrator-boss, .github/skills/orchestrator-boss and .opencode/skills/orchestrator-boss in your project.
What does Orchestrator Boss need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Orchestrator Boss is instructions for the agent only.
Does Orchestrator Boss 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 Orchestrator Boss 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 Orchestrator Boss use?
No licence was found for Orchestrator Boss or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Orchestrator Boss use?
About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.9k 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 Orchestrator Boss?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Orchestrator Boss: User Story Writer (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars), Ralph Tui Create Beads (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars), Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Ralph Tui Create Beads Rust (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Orchestrator Boss?
Th0rgal (a GitHub user) maintains it in Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh, which has 516 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: Th0rgal/sandboxed.sh on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.