Parallel Agents

Native Parallel Agents

> Orchestration through Opencode's built-in Agent Tool

Overview

This skill enables coordinating multiple specialized agents through Opencode's native agent system. Unlike external scripts, this approach keeps all orchestration within Opencode's control.

When to Use Orchestration

Good for:

• Complex tasks requiring multiple expertise domains
• Code analysis from security, performance, and quality perspectives
• Comprehensive reviews (architecture + security + testing)
• Feature implementation needing backend + frontend + database work

Not for:

• Simple, single-domain tasks
• Quick fixes or small changes
• Tasks where one agent suffices

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Native Agent Invocation

Single Agent

Use the security-auditor agent to review authentication

Sequential Chain

First, use the explorer-agent to discover project structure.
Then, use the backend-specialist to review API endpoints.
Finally, use the test-engineer to identify test gaps.

With Context Passing

Use the frontend-specialist to analyze React components.
Based on those findings, have the test-engineer generate component tests.

Resume Previous Work

Resume agent [agentId] and continue with additional requirements.

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Orchestration Patterns

Pattern 1: Comprehensive Analysis

Agents: explorer-agent → [domain-agents] → synthesis

1. explorer-agent: Map codebase structure
2. security-auditor: Security posture
3. backend-specialist: API quality
4. frontend-specialist: UI/UX patterns
5. test-engineer: Test coverage
6. Synthesize all findings

Pattern 2: Feature Review

Agents: affected-domain-agents → test-engineer

1. Identify affected domains (backend? frontend? both?)
2. Invoke relevant domain agents
3. test-engineer verifies changes
4. Synthesize recommendations

Pattern 3: Security Audit

Agents: security-auditor → penetration-tester → synthesis

1. security-auditor: Configuration and code review
2. penetration-tester: Active vulnerability testing
3. Synthesize with prioritized remediation

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Available Agents

| Agent | Expertise | Trigger Phrases | |-------|-----------|-----------------| | orchestrator | Coordination | "comprehensive", "multi-perspective" | | security-auditor | Security | "security", "auth", "vulnerabilities" | | penetration-tester | Security Testing | "pentest", "red team", "exploit" | | backend-specialist | Backend | "API", "server", "Node.js", "Express" | | frontend-specialist | Frontend | "React", "UI", "components", "Next.js" | | test-engineer | Testing | "tests", "coverage", "TDD" | | devops-engineer | DevOps | "deploy", "CI/CD", "infrastructure" | | database-architect | Database | "schema", "Prisma", "migrations" | | mobile-developer | Mobile | "React Native", "Flutter", "mobile" | | api-designer | API Design | "REST", "GraphQL", "OpenAPI" | | debugger | Debugging | "bug", "error", "not working" | | explorer-agent | Discovery | "explore", "map", "structure" | | documentation-writer | Documentation | "write docs", "create README", "generate API docs" | | performance-optimizer | Performance | "slow", "optimize", "profiling" | | project-planner | Planning | "plan", "roadmap", "milestones" | | seo-specialist | SEO | "SEO", "meta tags", "search ranking" | | game-developer | Game Development | "game", "Unity", "Godot", "Phaser" |

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Opencode Built-in Agents

These work alongside custom agents:

| Agent | Model | Purpose | |-------|-------|---------| | Explore | Haiku | Fast read-only codebase search | | Plan | Sonnet | Research during plan mode | | General-purpose | Sonnet | Complex multi-step modifications |

Use Explore for quick searches, custom agents for domain expertise.

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Synthesis Protocol

After all agents complete, synthesize:

## Orchestration Synthesis

### Task Summary
[What was accomplished]

### Agent Contributions
| Agent | Finding |
|-------|---------|
| security-auditor | Found X |
| backend-specialist | Identified Y |

### Consolidated Recommendations
1. **Critical**: [Issue from Agent A]
2. **Important**: [Issue from Agent B]
3. **Nice-to-have**: [Enhancement from Agent C]

### Action Items
- [ ] Fix critical security issue
- [ ] Refactor API endpoint
- [ ] Add missing tests

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Best Practices

1. Available agents - 17 specialized agents can be orchestrated
2. Logical order - Discovery → Analysis → Implementation → Testing
3. Share context - Pass relevant findings to subsequent agents
4. Single synthesis - One unified report, not separate outputs
5. Verify changes - Always include test-engineer for code modifications

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Key Benefits

• Single session - All agents share context
• AI-controlled - Agent system orchestrates autonomously
• Native integration - Works with built-in Explore, Plan agents
• Resume support - Can continue previous agent work
• Context passing - Findings flow between agents

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: paulojalowyj
• Source: paulojalowyj/openkit
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://linktr.ee/paulojalowyj

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.