# Skill Parallel Agents

Decompose large tasks across parallel agents, use for migrations, multi-file...

- Repository: https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus (4351 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add nyldn/claude-octopus --skill skill-parallel-agents -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add nyldn/claude-octopus --skill skill-parallel-agents -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add nyldn/claude-octopus --skill skill-parallel-agents -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add nyldn/claude-octopus --skill skill-parallel-agents -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add nyldn/claude-octopus`

## Description

Decompose large tasks across parallel agents, use for migrations, multi-file refactors, or batch work

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Claude Octopus - Multi-Tentacled Orchestrator

## MANDATORY COMPLIANCE, DO NOT SKIP

**When this skill is invoked, you MUST dispatch work to multiple providers in parallel. You are PROHIBITED from:**
- Running tasks sequentially with a single model instead of parallel multi-provider dispatch
- Skipping orchestrate.sh and doing the work directly
- Deciding the task is "simple enough" for a single provider
- Substituting serial Claude-only execution for multi-LLM parallel execution

**This skill exists specifically for multi-provider parallel work. If you catch yourself thinking "I'll just do this myself", STOP.**

---

**Multi-tentacled orchestrator for Claude Code** - using Double Diamond methodology for comprehensive problem exploration, consensus building, and validated delivery.

```
    DISCOVER          DEFINE           DEVELOP          DELIVER
      (probe)         (grasp)          (tangle)          (ink)

    \         /     \         /     \         /     \         /
     \   *   /       \   *   /       \   *   /       \   *   /
      \ * * /         \     /         \ * * /         \     /
       \   /           \   /           \   /           \   /
        \ /             \ /             \ /             \ /

   Diverge then      Converge to      Diverge with     Converge to
    converge          problem          solutions        delivery
```

## Quick Start

> **Note for Claude Code users:** You don't need to run these commands! Just talk naturally to Claude:
> - "Research OAuth authentication patterns"
> - "Build a user authentication system"
> - "Review this code for security issues"
>
> The commands below are for direct CLI usage or automation.

```bash
# Full Double Diamond workflow (all 4 phases)
${HOME}/.claude-octopus/plugin/scripts/orchestrate.sh embrace "Build a user authentication system"

The rest: https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/skill-parallel-agents/SKILL.md