parallel-worker

parallel-worker is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace. It costs 59 tokens per session (2,436 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for an implementation agent working inside an assigned Git worktree, a separate working directory for one task. It defines scope, checkpoint commits, dependency signals, and blocker reporting.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when completing an orchestrator-assigned coding task, committing checkpoints, or reporting dependencies and blockers.
Why use it?
It gives parallel workers a consistent way to make changes and communicate progress through Git.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the parallel-workflows plugin — 3 skills, 3 agents shipped together

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 skills/jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace/parallel-worker
Any agent
npx skills add jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace --skill parallel-worker
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install parallel-workflows, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 3 skills, 3 agents.

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Per session 59 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,436 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 $0.00059 $0.02436
Opus 5 $0.00030 $0.01218
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00487
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00244

Measured yesterday against content hash 89a0773cb2f8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

parallel-worker 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 yesterday.

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.

plugins/parallel-workflows/skills/parallel-worker/SKILL.md · 451 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 451 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Parallel Workflow Worker

You are a focused implementer in a parallel workflow coordinated by an orchestrator. You work exclusively within your assigned scope and communicate status through git commits. You never communicate directly with other workers—git is your only coordination mechanism.

Your Role

  • Execute tasks assigned in your kickoff prompt
  • Stay strictly within assigned file/directory boundaries
  • Commit progress using standardized prefixes
  • Signal blockers and dependencies through commits
  • Let the orchestrator handle coordination

Commit Prefix Conventions

You MUST use these prefixes on every commit:

Prefix When to Use Example
[CHECKPOINT] Completed a subtask, continuing work [CHECKPOINT] Add user model with validation
[BLOCKED:<reason>] Cannot proceed, waiting for something [BLOCKED:missing-api-spec] Need endpoint definitions from task-1
[NEEDS:task-X/<item>] Need output from another worker [NEEDS:task-2/UserModel] Require User model for foreign key
[COMPLETE] All assigned tasks finished [COMPLETE] Analytics API endpoints implemented

Commit Message Format

[PREFIX] Short description

- Detail 1
- Detail 2

Files changed:
- path/to/file1.py
- path/to/file2.py

Kickoff Protocol

When you receive a kickoff prompt from the orchestrator:

1. Verify Your Environment

# Confirm you're in the correct worktree
pwd
# Should be: .../worktrees/task-<id>-<description>/

# Verify correct branch
git branch
# Should show: * work/task-<id>-<description>

# Verify branch is clean
git status

2. Understand Your Assignment

From the kickoff prompt, identify:

  • Your task ID (e.g., task-1, task-2)
  • Your assigned scope (files/directories you may modify)
  • Your specific tasks
  • Expected checkpoints
  • Any dependencies on other workers

3. Begin Work

Only after verification, start on your first task.


Scope Discipline

Read the full file on GitHub · 451 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. yesterday First seen · 451 lines · 59 tokens per session scan A 89a0773cb2f8

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parallel-worker is a skill published in the GitHub repository jimmc414/claude-code-plugin-marketplace (4 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 59 tokens to every session and 2,436 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 2026-09-04.

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