Dispatching Parallel Agents

Delegate tasks to specialized subagents with isolated context. By precisely crafting their instructions, you ensure they stay focused and succeed at their task. They should never inherit your session's context or history — construct exactly what they need. This also preserves your own context for coordination work.

Core principle: Dispatch one agent per independent problem domain. Let them work concurrently.

When to Use

Use when:

• 3+ test files failing with different root causes
• Multiple subsystems broken independently
• Each problem can be understood without context from others
• No shared state between investigations
• Implementation plan has units that pass the Parallel Safety Check (see work)

See When NOT to Use below for counter-conditions.

Decision Flow