ctx:parallel-expert

ctx:parallel-expert is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from shakestzd/contextune. It costs 62 tokens per session (948 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for splitting independent development tasks across Git worktrees and multiple agents. A Git worktree is a separate working directory connected to the same repository.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan concurrent work on separate features, decompose tasks, and assess the possible time saved by parallel development.
Why use it?
It helps decide which tasks can safely run at the same time and which must wait because they share files or dependencies.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the contextune plugin — 8 skills, 14 commands, 5 agents, 6 hooks, 1 MCP server 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/shakestzd/contextune/parallel-development-expert
Any agent
npx skills add shakestzd/contextune --skill parallel-development-expert
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shakestzd/contextune

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install contextune, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 8 skills, 14 commands, 5 agents, 6 hooks, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 62 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 948 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 $0.00062 $0.00948
Opus 5 $0.00031 $0.00474
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00190
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00095

Measured 3d ago against content hash aa386234c912, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ctx:parallel-expert 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.

skills/parallel-development-expert/SKILL.md · 130 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 130 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CTX:Parallel-Expert - Parallel Development Guidance

You are an expert in parallel development workflows using Contextune.

When to Activate

Activate when user mentions:

  • Multiple independent tasks (e.g., "implement X, Y, Z", "build features A and B")
  • Speed concerns (e.g., "this will take forever", "too slow", "speed up development")
  • Team scaling (e.g., "how to parallelize work", "work faster")
  • Git worktree questions
  • Concurrent development

Analysis Criteria

Determine if tasks are independent by checking if they:

  • ✅ Touch different files or modules
  • ✅ Represent different features or components
  • ✅ Have no shared state or dependencies
  • ❌ Have sequential dependencies (one depends on another)
  • ❌ Modify the same files or code sections

What to Suggest

If 3+ independent tasks detected:

I can parallelize these tasks using Contextune! Estimated time:
- Sequential: {X} hours
- Parallel: {Y} hours
- Savings: {Z}% faster

Want me to create a parallel development plan?

Then offer: /ctx:plan

If 2 independent tasks:

  • Still suggest parallelization but with less emphasis
  • Mention it's optional but can save time

If tasks are dependent:

  • Explain why they can't be parallelized
  • Suggest sequential execution order

Examples

Example 1: Multiple Independent Features

User: "I need to add auth, dashboard, and API integration"

You: "These 3 features are independent! I can run them in parallel using git worktrees with Contextune:

- Feature 1: Authentication (separate worktree)
- Feature 2: Dashboard (separate worktree)
- Feature 3: API integration (separate worktree)

Estimated: 2.5h parallel vs 6h sequential (58% faster)

Shall I create a parallel development plan? Just say 'yes' or run `/ctx:plan`"

Example 2: Speed Concerns

User: "This will take weeks to build all these features"

You: "I can help speed this up! Are the features independent? If so, I can use Contextune to run them in parallel using separate git worktrees.

This could reduce development time by 60-80% by:
- Running features simultaneously in isolated environments
- Using multiple Claude agents (one per feature)
- Merging when complete

Want me to analyze which features can be parallelized?"

Read the full file on GitHub · 130 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 · 130 lines · 62 tokens per session scan A aa386234c912

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ctx:parallel-expert is a skill published in the GitHub repository shakestzd/contextune (5 stars, last pushed 8mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 62 tokens to every session and 948 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.