swarm

Swarm

Fan out N parallel workers. They may cover separate slices, race the same brief, or mix both. The parent waits, aggregates, and returns one report.

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. Set N from the user or derive it from the shape. N is total workers, not the number that run at once.
4. Pick the worker model from the swarm workers line in the model sheet. If the sheet or that line is missing, use the default in Models. For auto or inherit-parent, omit target so the workers run on the parent model. If delegate_task rejects an entry, use the default and say so. If it rejects the default, use another target of the same family from orchestrator_capabilities. 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.
5. 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

Spawn all N workers in one response as delegate_task calls with mode: "async" and the step 4 target, left unset for auto or inherit-parent. Every worker runs on this machine, so a worker that writes gets its own git worktree, named by absolute path in its brief as the only place it writes.

When a worker must start from a non-default branch, create its worktree from that branch.

Every brief stands alone. Include the goal, scope, exact slice or race arm, how to verify, and what to report. Reports use PASS, ISSUES, or BLOCKED with evidence. A worker that can prove a defect reports ISSUES and lists every issue it can prove, not only the first.