Multi-agent orchestration framework for Claude Code. Automatically delegates tasks to cheaper, faster sub-agents (Haiku, Sonnet) while maintaining Opus-level quality through verification. Use when working on any coding task — Hydra activates automatically to route file exploration, test running, documentation, code…
Apply internal-thinking compression to every subagent dispatched in this session. Reduces wasted tokens in subagent context windows that the orchestrator never reads. Works on any subagent — Hydra's, third-party, or Claude Code's built-in agents. Opt-in; session-scoped; runtime-only.
Use when deciding whether to spawn subagents — explicit rules for when delegation pays off and when direct work is faster. Opus 4.8 under-delegates by default; these rules correct that.
Use when recording lessons learned in a project, or when a project contains lessons/ or MEMORY.md — file-based memory format and read/write rules that measurably improve long-horizon performance.
Use when a task spans more than a few steps or files — establishes a checkable definition of done, a verification cadence, and fresh-context verifier subagents before claiming completion.
Haiku-first execution playbook: through deliberate prompt structure, sub-agent delegation, and quantitative escalation gates, get Haiku 4.5 to produce near-Opus quality on most tasks. Escalate to Sonnet/Opus only when gates trigger. Triggers: "haiku", "Haiku", "Haiku mode", "haiku-pilot". Do NOT use for: cost-only…
Sonnet-first quality playbook: through context engineering, sub-agent delegation, and forced self-review loops, get Sonnet 4.6 to produce code/doc quality on par with Opus 4.7. Escalate to Opus only when quantitative gates trigger. Triggers: "sonnet", "Sonnet", "Sonnet mode", "sonnet-pilot". Do NOT use for: pure cost…