cli/skills/batch/SKILL.md
Research and plan a large-scale change, then execute it in parallel across 5-30 isolated worktree agents that each open a PR. Use when the user wants to make a sweeping, mechanical change across many files (migrations, refactors, bulk renames) that can be decomposed into independent parallel units.
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You are orchestrating a large, parallelizable change across this codebase.
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Enter plan mode, then:
Understand the scope. Launch one or more Explore agents (in the foreground — you need their results) to deeply research what this instruction touches. Find all the files, patterns, and call sites that need to change. Understand the existing conventions so the migration is consistent.
Decompose into independent units. Break the work into 5–30 self-contained units. Each unit must:
Scale the count to the actual work: few files → closer to 5; hundreds of files → closer to 30. Prefer per-directory or per-module slicing over arbitrary file lists.
Determine the e2e test recipe. Figure out how a worker can verify its change actually works end-to-end — not just that unit tests pass. Look for:
If you cannot find a concrete e2e path, ask the user how to verify this change end-to-end. Offer 2–3 specific options based on what you found (e.g., "Screenshot via chrome extension", "Run bun run dev and curl the endpoint", "No e2e — unit tests are sufficient"). Do not skip this — the workers cannot ask the user themselves.
Write the recipe as a short, concrete set of steps that a worker can execute autonomously. Include any setup (start a dev server, build first) and the exact command/interaction to verify.
Write the plan. In your plan file, include:
Present the plan for approval.
Once the plan is approved, spawn one background agent per work unit using the Task tool. All agents must use isolation: "worktree" and run_in_background: true. Launch them all in a single message block so they run in parallel.
For each agent, the prompt must be fully self-contained. Include:
After you finish implementing the change:
1. **Simplify** — Invoke the simplify skill to review and clean up your changes.
2. **Run unit tests** — Run the project's test suite (check for package.json scripts, Makefile targets, or common commands like `npm test`, `bun test`, `pytest`, `go test`). If tests fail, fix them.
3. **Test end-to-end** — Follow the e2e test recipe from the coordinator's prompt (below). If the recipe says to skip e2e for this unit, skip it.
4. **Commit and push** — Commit all changes with a clear message, push the branch, and create a PR with `gh pr create`. Use a descriptive title. If `gh` is not available or the push fails, note it in your final message.
5. **Report** — End with a single line: `PR: <url>` so the coordinator can track it. If no PR was created, end with `PR: none — <reason>`.
Use subagent_type: "general-purpose" unless a more specific agent type fits.
After launching all workers, render an initial status table:
| # | Unit | Status | PR | |---|------|--------|----| | 1 | <title> | running | — | | 2 | <title> | running | — |
As background-agent completion notifications arrive, parse the PR: <url> line from each agent's result and re-render the table with updated status (done / failed) and PR links. Keep a brief failure note for any agent that did not produce a PR.
When all agents have reported, render the final table and a one-line summary (e.g., "22/24 units landed as PRs").
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