--- title: "Dispatching Parallel Agents: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai" canonical: https://undominated.ai/skills/obra-dispatching-parallel-agents/ description: "Splits independent investigations into bounded agent assignments and checks their integration afterward." --- # Dispatching Parallel Agents: review, setup & limitations · Undominated.ai > Splits independent investigations into bounded agent assignments and checks their integration afterward. [← Explore all skills](/skills/) DEVELOPMENT WORKFLOW / Superpowers # Dispatching Parallel Agents Splits independent investigations into bounded agent assignments and checks their integration afterward. [See setup guidance ↓](#setup)[Original source ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md) SOURCE REVIEW Reviewed 2026-10-07 Evidence 3 linked sources Publisher Superpowers Licence [MIT ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/LICENSE) Revision 8ca22dba9a94 [Read what was—and wasn’t—checked ↓](#review) “Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies” [Superpowers · upstream description ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md) Our analysis follows below. 01 / THE REASONING ## Why this made the selection. - Requires independence and explicit file or subsystem scope before work is parallelized. - Supplies a focused task-brief pattern and an integration step that reviews conflicts and reruns the relevant suite. ### A good fit for - Investigating unrelated failing test groups - Assigning independent subsystem reviews with clear ownership ### Weigh up before choosing - Shared mutable state, sequential dependencies and overlapping file edits defeat the independence assumption. - The host must actually support subagents. The skill does not create isolation, enforce permissions or prove faster completion. 02 / THE REVIEW RECORD ## What we actually inspected. Source review has boundaries. A clear record is more useful than a “safe” badge. ### Material inspected - Full SKILL.md - LICENSE ### Our findings - The source names cases where parallel work is unsuitable and requires review of returned changes. ### Not established by this review - No end-to-end agent session, effectiveness benchmark or target-project security assessment was run. - No upstream installer, helper script or generated workload was executed. The review applies to the material and revision named here. A newer upstream release can change its behavior. 03 / PUT IT TO WORK ## Add a skill to your workflow. [Upstream setup instructions ↗](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme) DOCUMENTED COMMAND npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents --skill dispatching-parallel-agents Copy command ↗ Copying does not execute this command. It may retrieve a newer version than the reviewed source. - Inspect the pinned skill and its supporting files before installation. - Run the command from the intended project; use the installer prompts to select the agent and scope. - Keep the complete skill directory and its licence. Install any task-specific tools separately and test on a small authorized example. ### Before you start - Node.js and npm for the Skills CLI - An Agent Skills compatible coding assistant - A client with an available subagent mechanism ### Compatibility Agent Skills compatible clients ### Agent instructions and host-provided tools - Delegate bounded tasks using host-provided subagent capabilities - Read findings and authorized diffs; child-agent tools can read, write or execute according to their host permissions ### Cost model MIT-licensed instructions; coding-assistant and subagent usage are separate. 04 / FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE ## The source trail. Our notes are separate from the original resource. Check upstream before adopting a new version. - [Definition at the reviewed revision ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md) Checked 2026-10-07 https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md Supports: summary, upstreamDescription, whySelected, bestFor, limitations, review, access - [Licence at the reviewed revision ↗](https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/LICENSE) Checked 2026-10-07 https://github.com/obra/superpowers/blob/8ca22dba9a94f28898bbce59f2537ff4d87c747d/LICENSE Supports: license, access.cost - [Skills CLI directory URLs and named-skill selection ↗](https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme) Checked 2026-10-07 https://github.com/vercel-labs/skills#readme Supports: install, compatibility KEEP COMPARING ## Other approaches to consider. Related by category or shared topics. These are alternatives to inspect, not a measured quality order. [### Requesting Code Review ↗ Prepares a requirements-aware review brief around an explicit base and head revision.](/skills/obra-requesting-code-review/)[### API and Interface Design ↗ Designs stable API contracts, consistent errors and retry-safe idempotency behavior.](/skills/addyosmani-api-and-interface-design/)[### Constraint-driven development ↗ Records project quality constraints with measured baselines, enforcement commands and reviewable exceptions.](/skills/addyosmani-constraint-driven-development/) [AI Tools ↗](/tools/)[Skills ↗](/skills/)[Agents ↗](/agents/)[MCP Servers ↗](/mcp-servers/)[Workflows ↗](/workflows/) ## Continue your investigation - [Choose a toolkit](/tools/) - [Inspect execution hosts](/agents/) - [Check tool access](/mcp-servers/) - [Check project dependencies](/check-repo/)