# Coordinate Child Agent Operations

Parallel AI work fails when roles, checkpoints, and reports are unclear. This skill gives Claude, Codex, and Claude Code teams a repeatable child-agent operating process.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add a-genno/child-agent-ops
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: a-genno-child-agent-ops
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: d3204c86b82e2c12e3223cc61594599f7771a505726a99abaf89bd9a1b41f209
- Author: A-Genno
- GitHub username: A-Genno
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/A-Genno/Polaris/tree/master/documents/skills/child-agent-ops
- Ref: d46e62089a6dfc9e14ea02eebd9b8e2ad2dfe1f4
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands
- Quality score: 78
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/a-genno-child-agent-ops
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/a-genno-child-agent-ops/manifest

## Capabilities

- Defines leader, implementation, and review agent responsibilities.
- Provides a standard workflow for splitting and assigning child-agent tasks.
- Lists approval checkpoints for security, billing, deletion, and compatibility risks.
- Supplies report templates for task status and child-agent launch logs.
- Requires review-agent involvement when code is changed or created.

## Use Cases

- Coordinate Parallel Implementation: Split an engineering task into clear child-agent assignments with completion criteria and checkpoints.
- Standardize Agent Reporting: Use consistent status reports so blockers, risks, and next actions are easy to track.
- Add Review Coverage: Trigger review-agent work when code changes need independent assessment before completion.

## Prompt Templates

### Create a Simple Assignment

```
Use child-agent-ops to define one child-agent assignment for this task. Include purpose, scope, completion criteria, and expected duration.
```

### Split Work Across Agents

```
Use child-agent-ops to split this project into leader, implementation, and review responsibilities. Include checkpoints and reporting expectations.
```

### Review Operational Risk

```
Apply child-agent-ops to identify which parts of this plan require leader approval before a child agent continues.
```

### Run a Full Agent Operation

```
Use child-agent-ops to produce a complete operating plan for multiple child agents, including launch logs, checkpoint timing, escalation rules, and final reports.
```

## Limitations

- Does not execute commands or create child agents by itself.
- Does not provide an orchestration API or automation framework.
- Assumes users already understand the supported AI tools.
- Does not replace human approval for high-risk changes.

## Best Practices

- Define completion criteria before launching any child agent.
- Escalate unclear security, billing, deletion, or compatibility risks early.
- Record final outputs, remaining risks, and next actions in one place.

## Anti Patterns

- Launching child agents without a defined owner or scope.
- Letting parallel agents modify overlapping files without coordination.
- Skipping review-agent checks after code changes.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-07T19:17:14.312\+00:00
- Summary: The static external-command alerts are Markdown backticks around the word codex and fenced report templates, not executable code. The high-entropy heuristic is a false positive caused by a plain Markdown file containing Japanese text. I found no prompt injection, data exfiltration, or malicious operational intent in SKILL.md.

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