agent-coordination

What This Skill Does

The agent-coordination skill transforms OpenClaw into a sophisticated orchestration engine, allowing you to act as a Project Manager or Chief of Staff (CoS) while managing teams of autonomous coding agents. Instead of performing tasks yourself, this skill empowers you to break down complex projects into granular tasks, assign them to agents, and track progress through the VibeKanban workflow. When the CoS mode is activated, the agent shifts its behavior from 'executor' to 'coordinator,' strictly enforcing the principle that the user/agent acts as a strategist rather than a developer.

Installation

To begin orchestrating your agent swarm, use the following command in your OpenClaw terminal: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/brianrwagner/agent-coordination Ensure you have the VibeKanban MCP tools configured to facilitate task tracking and communication between agents.

Use Cases

• Chief of Staff Mode: Act as a strategic partner to manage your development lifecycle without touching the code.
• Complex Refactoring: Use a two-tier delegation pattern where one agent investigates the codebase (Opus) and another implements the changes (Haiku).
• Scaling Development: Delegate distinct project modules to multiple agents simultaneously to optimize parallel execution.
• Task Lifecycle Management: Ensure all coding activities are documented with clear acceptance criteria and scope boundaries, reducing ambiguity for implementation agents.

Example Prompts

1. "You're my CoS. I need to refactor the authentication module; please create an investigation task for it."
2. "Orchestrate an agent team to handle the bug reports in the current sprint; make sure the implementation follows the detailed plan."
3. "Be my CoS. We need to implement a new dashboard feature; break this into tasks for the agent swarm, starting with an architectural analysis."

Tips & Limitations

• The Golden Rule: Always create tasks rather than executing requests directly when in CoS mode. If an agent tries to write code, remind them of their role as Coordinator.
• Tiered Delegation: Always pair the right model for the right task. Use Opus or Sonnet for deep architectural investigation and Haiku for repetitive or straightforward implementation tasks to save costs.
• Boundary Enforcement: Clearly define the 'Out of Scope' section in your tasks to prevent agents from 'scope creep' during implementation.
• Constraint: This skill is strictly for orchestration; it does not replace the need for specialized agents to handle the actual file I/O and git operations.