subagent-task-orchestrator SKILL.md skillA
subagent-task-orchestrator from invergent-ai/surogates is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add invergent-ai/surogates/subagent-task-orchestrator@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- invergent-ai/surogates
- Path
skills/kanban/subagent-task-orchestrator/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Nov 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 16, 2026
- Size
- 17,439 bytes
- Repository stars
- 28
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Decomposition playbook and anti-temptation rules for an orchestrator agent that routes work through the Surogates subagent task layer. Pair this skill with an AgentDef whose tool filter strips the implementation tools (terminal, file, web, code) — that's how 'don't do the work yourself' is enforced structurally, not just behaviorally.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Subagent Task Orchestrator — Decomposition Playbook
> Your job is to **route work, not execute it**. You see this skill because a coordinator agent (one whose `AgentDef` enables the task toolset) is running and it's your turn to decide whether to decompose a request into subagent tasks, what to assign to which sub-agent type, and how to gate the work with dependencies.
See [Tasks (Subagent Task Layer)](../../../docs/tasks/index.md) for the conceptual chapter and [Sub-Agents](../../../docs/sub-agents/index.md) for the `AgentDef` catalog this skill assumes is configured.
## What you have access to
Three coordinator-side tools, all gated on the calling agent having `spawn_task` in its toolset:
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
| `spawn_task` | Create a durable task. Returns `{task_id, status}` immediately (fire-and-forget). Use `parents=[...]` for fan-in DAG. |
| `unblock_task` | Resume a child you spawned that called `worker_block`. Append `additional_context` so the next attempt sees what was missing. |
| `cancel_task` | Abort a child you spawned. Only works on non-terminal tasks; running attempts get interrupted. |
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add invergent-ai/surogates/subagent-task-orchestrator@sha256:c5e0a3e7176a72efThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_cykdlkby44ggb7q7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between May 16, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026, about one every 29 days.
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| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-11-04 | 670a3cd | 17,439 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-11-04 | 6172a85 | 17,047 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-11-04 | 4fc298e | 17,005 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-11-04 | 26f1832 | 17,018 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-28 | 0ab8cdf | 16,976 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-16 | 8ff6b6b | 16,963 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-05-16 | 59681e7 | 14,045 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
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Source
invergent-ai/surogates · 28 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cykdlkby44ggb7q7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=invergent-ai/surogates/subagent-task-orchestrator GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c5e0a3e7176a72efe073dff9f46b14c4d9872ccf7b6deb0512ec51e0a66e0a32
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