Compose
Use when a single agent demonstrably cannot handle the task and multi-agent coordination is justified.
Chain
Use when the workflow needs multi-step processing with sequential, parallel, or conditional tool compositions and proper data flow.
Streamline
Use when the workflow feels too complex, has accumulated cruft, or has redundant steps and overlapping tools that need consolidation.
Teach Maestro
Use when starting a new project with Maestro or when no .maestro.md context file exists yet. Run once per project.
Enrich
Use when the agent needs access to information beyond its training data — knowledge sources, RAG pipelines, or grounding data.
Extract Pattern
Use when the user wants to create templates, extract reusable patterns, document solutions, or build a pattern library from working workflows.
Iterate
Use when the workflow needs to self-correct, improve over time, or establish feedback loops and evaluation cycles.
Diagnose
Use when the user wants to find problems, audit workflow quality, or get a comprehensive health check on their AI workflow.
Reflect
Analyze command history to identify which skills work, which fail, and where to improve.
Specialize
Use when the user wants to tailor a workflow for a specific industry, domain, or vertical with specialized expertise, terminology, and guardrails.
Zero Defect
Use when you need maximum precision on a critical task — production deployments, security-sensitive code, financial calculations, or any work where mistakes are unacceptable.
Calibrate
Use when workflow components are inconsistent, naming conventions vary, or a new team member's work needs alignment to project standards.
Adapt Workflow
Use when porting a workflow to a different AI provider, deployment environment, model tier, or organizational context.
Turbocharge
Use when the user wants to push past conventional workflow limits with advanced performance techniques like parallel orchestration, streaming pipelines, or adaptive routing.
Guard
Use when deploying to production, handling sensitive data, or the workflow needs safety constraints, input validation, and security boundaries.
Agent Workflow
Use when any Maestro command is invoked — provides foundational workflow design principles across prompt engineering, context management, tool orchestration, agent architecture, feedback loops, knowledge systems, and guardrails.
Temper
Use when the workflow feels over-engineered, has premature optimizations, unnecessary abstraction layers, or complexity beyond actual requirements.
Fortify
Use when the workflow lacks error handling, has been failing in production, or needs retry logic, fallback strategies, and circuit breakers.
Accelerate
Use when the workflow is too slow, too expensive, or both and needs latency, cost, or token usage optimization.
Capture
Capture a session summary — what was done, what decisions were made, and what to do next.
Evaluate
Use when the user wants a quality review, interaction audit, or to test the workflow against realistic scenarios.
Recap
Quick summary of the last session — commands run, files changed, and what to do next.
Onboard Agent
Use when starting a new project, adding a new agent to an existing system, or setting up workflow infrastructure from scratch.
Amplify
Use when the workflow works but needs to handle more complex cases or produce higher-quality output through better tools, context, prompts, or models.
Refine
Use when the workflow works but needs polish, or as the final step in a diagnose → fix → refine cycle before shipping.