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Agent skill

Dispatching Parallel Agents

by ultralisp in ultralisp/ultralisp

A skill your agent uses when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Dispatching Parallel Agents

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ultralisp/ultralisp --skill dispatching-parallel-agents -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ultralisp/ultralisp dispatching-parallel-agents --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ultralisp/ultralisp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents .claude/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
dispatching-parallel-agents
GitHub stars
258
Used in
40 other repos
Token cost
~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
531 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
14
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies

  • Works in 4 steps: Identify Independent Domains → Create Focused Agent Tasks → Dispatch in Parallel → …
  • Facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, The Pattern and Agent Prompt Structure, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Dispatching Parallel Agents is an agent skill from ultralisp/ultralisp. Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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 Agent Workflows, covering Subagents. The repository describes itself as: The software behind a Ultralisp.org Common Lisp repository.

When your agent uses it

  • Facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state
  • Sequential dependencies

Example prompts

  • “/dispatching-parallel-agents”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Identify Independent Domains
  2. Create Focused Agent Tasks
  3. Dispatch in Parallel
  4. Review and Integrate

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3439788. 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 (its code samples are dot and markdown).

    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

Dispatching Parallel Agents loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 531 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~34
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.5k

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 531 words (~1,513 tokens).

“You delegate tasks to specialized agents with isolated context. By precisely crafting their instructions and context, you ensure they stay focused and succeed at their task. They should never inherit your session's context or history — you construct exactly what…”

— opening of SKILL.md by ultralisp
name
dispatching-parallel-agents

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents of ultralisp/ultralisp.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3439788

Used in at least 28 other repositories

We found 71 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 40 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in ultralisp/ultralisp, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

…and 21 more copies not listed here.

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Task Observerrebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all3.2k1 repos~12kAutomated safety check: PassCC-BY-4.0
O2 Review Loopopenobserve/openobserve22k—~3.7kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0

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Categories

Questions about Dispatching Parallel Agents

What does Dispatching Parallel Agents do?

A skill your agent uses when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies. Dispatching Parallel Agents is an agent skill from ultralisp/ultralisp.

When should I use Dispatching Parallel Agents?

Dispatching Parallel Agents fits situations like: facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state; sequential dependencies.

How do I install Dispatching Parallel Agents in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ultralisp/ultralisp --skill dispatching-parallel-agents -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents in ultralisp/ultralisp) into .claude/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dispatching Parallel Agents in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ultralisp/ultralisp --skill dispatching-parallel-agents -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents in ultralisp/ultralisp) into .agents/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dispatching Parallel Agents 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 ultralisp/ultralisp --skill dispatching-parallel-agents -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents, .gemini/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents, .github/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents and .opencode/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents in your project.

What does Dispatching Parallel Agents need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Dispatching Parallel Agents is instructions for the agent only.

Does Dispatching Parallel Agents 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 Dispatching Parallel Agents 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 Dispatching Parallel Agents use?

No licence was found for Dispatching Parallel Agents or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Dispatching Parallel Agents use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.1k 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 Dispatching Parallel Agents?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dispatching Parallel Agents: Claude Code Agent Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 37k stars), Subagent Driven Development (Asvarox/allkaraoke, 261 stars), Paseo Advisor Second Opinion (getpaseo/paseo, 20k stars) and Task Observer (rebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all, 3.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dispatching Parallel Agents?

ultralisp (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ultralisp/ultralisp, which has 258 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.

Source: ultralisp/ultralisp on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.