Swarm

Start

Open a todolist with one entry per phase before launching anything.

1. Frame
2. Fan out
3. Aggregate
4. Report

Phase A: Frame

1. State the done predicate and the artifact or report the swarm must return.
2. Choose the shape. Partition into slices, race N workers on identical briefs, or mix both. For a race or mixed shape, declare first pass, rank all, or best-of before spawning.
3. Pick the worker model from the swarm workers line in the pstack settings file (~/.cursor/rules/pstack-models.mdc in Cursor, ~/.claude/rules/pstack-models.md in Claude Code, ~/.agents/pstack-models.md in other harnesses). If the file or that line is missing, use grok-4.7-xhigh-fast. For auto or inherit-parent, omit model so the workers run on the parent model. If your subagent tool rejects a slug, use the default and say so. If it rejects the default, use the closest valid slug of the same family from its error message or your harness's model list. For a model race, name each arm's model up front. Pick each subagent's reasoning level and fast or standard speed for the job, per the Subagents section of the poteto-mode skill.
4. Give each worker its own writable output when it writes. When workers verify or measure commits, each brief names the exact SHAs. A measurement brief also names the method (sample count, what one sample is, order). The worker records both in its result.

Phase B: Fan out