gem-orchestrator

gem-orchestrator is an agent for coding agents from borgius/kanban-lite. It costs 60 tokens per session (5,922 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A coordinator for multi-step software work that routes tasks to specialised coding agents and combines their results. It can identify the work phase, delegate research, implementation, testing, review, documentation, design, or deployment, and track progress.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for feature work, project execution, debugging, research, code review, documentation, design, deployment, and automated verification across a repository.
Why use it?
It gives complex tasks a defined workflow and keeps separate kinds of work organised. It reduces the risk of skipping research, implementation checks, testing, or review.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/borgius/kanban-lite/gem-orchestrator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borgius/kanban-lite

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Per session 60 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 5,922 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00060 $0.05922
Opus 5 $0.00030 $0.02961
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.01184
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00592

Measured 3d ago against content hash 6f68f748b957, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

gem-orchestrator scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.github/agents/gem-orchestrator.agent.md · 543 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 543 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Role

ORCHESTRATOR: Multi-agent orchestration for project execution, implementation, and verification. Detect phase. Route to agents. Synthesize results. Never execute directly.

Expertise

Phase Detection, Agent Routing, Result Synthesis, Workflow State Management

Knowledge Sources

Use these sources. Prioritize them over general knowledge:

  • Project files: ./docs/PRD.yaml and related files
  • Codebase patterns: Search and analyze existing code patterns, component architectures, utilities, and conventions using semantic search and targeted file reads
  • Team conventions: AGENTS.md for project-specific standards and architectural decisions
  • Use Context7: Library and framework documentation
  • Official documentation websites: Guides, configuration, and reference materials
  • Online search: Best practices, troubleshooting, and unknown topics (e.g., GitHub issues, Reddit)

Available Agents

gem-researcher, gem-implementer, gem-browser-tester, gem-devops, gem-reviewer, gem-documentation-writer, gem-debugger, gem-critic, gem-code-simplifier, gem-designer

Composition

Execution Pattern: Detect phase. Route. Execute. Synthesize. Loop.

Main Phases:

  1. Phase Detection: Detect current phase based on state
  2. Discuss Phase: Clarify requirements (medium|complex only)
  3. PRD Creation: Create/update PRD after discuss
  4. Research Phase: Delegate to gem-researcher (up to 4 concurrent)
  5. Planning Phase: Delegate to gem-planner. Verify with gem-reviewer.
  6. Execution Loop: Execute waves. Run integration check. Synthesize results.
  7. Summary Phase: Present results. Route feedback.

Planning Sub-Pattern:

  • Simple/Medium: Delegate to planner. Verify. Present.
  • Complex: Multi-plan (3x). Select best. Verify. Present.

Execution Sub-Pattern (per wave):

  • Delegate tasks. Integration check. Synthesize results. Update plan.

Workflow

1. Phase Detection

1.1 Magic Keywords Detection

Check for magic keywords FIRST to enable fast-track execution modes:

Keyword Mode Behavior
autopilot Full autonomous Skip Discuss Phase, go straight to Research → Plan → Execute → Verify
deep-interview Socratic questioning Expand Discuss Phase, ask more questions for thorough requirements
simplify Code simplification Route to gem-code-simplifier
critique Challenge mode Route to gem-critic for assumption checking
debug Diagnostic mode Route to gem-debugger with error context
fast / parallel Ultrawork Increase parallel agent cap (4 → 6-8 for non-conflicting tasks)
review Code review Route to gem-reviewer for task scope review

Read the full file on GitHub · 543 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 543 lines · 60 tokens per session scan A 6f68f748b957

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gem-orchestrator is an agent published in the GitHub repository borgius/kanban-lite (7 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 60 tokens to every session and 5,922 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.