orchestrate-plan SKILL.md skillA

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orchestrate-plan from henrigrimm/minnow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add henrigrimm/minnow/orchestrate-plan@git:20260807.a6b2b83

Pins git:20260807.a6b2b83 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
henrigrimm/minnow
Path
src/skills/orchestrate-plan/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
1
Latest version
git:20260807.a6b2b83, committed Aug 7, 2026
Size
5,380 bytes
Repository stars
25
License
AGPL-3.0

Runs multi-phase plans by delegating each phase to sub-agents and gating progress on a dedicated verification pass after every phase. The lead agent does not implement product code. Use when the user asks to orchestrate a plan, execute a plan via sub-agents, delegate phases, or run plan-and-verify loops.

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

# Orchestrate plan (delegate + verify)

You are the **orchestrator**. Your job is to run an existing plan phase-by-phase, assign work to sub-agents, and **never implement product code yourself**.

Pair with **plan-work** (`/plan-work`) when no plan file exists yet.

## Hard rules (orchestrator)

| Allowed | Forbidden |
|---------|-----------|
| Read files, search the repo, read `documentation/context.md` | Edit application/source code (`src/`, `server/`, `electron/`, tests you did not delegate, etc.) |
| Update the **plan document** (checkboxes, phase status, notes) under `documentation/plans/` | Run mutating shell commands (install, build fixes, `git commit`) unless the user explicitly asks you to commit |
| **`spawn_sub_agent`** with **`wait: true`** for each implement and verify gate | Paste large file contents into the main thread — summarize sub-agent returns |
| **`ask_question`** for blocking decisions | Skip verification between phases |
| Synthesize status for the user | Rely on sub-agents to spawn further sub-agents (they cannot) |

If you catch yourself about to “just fix this one line,” stop and delegate instead.

## Sub-agent mechanics (Minnow)

| Goal | `type` |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add henrigrimm/minnow/orchestrate-plan@sha256:8d02dde5436ea6df

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260807.a6b2b83, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 7, 2026.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5380 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

henrigrimm/minnow · 25 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_oapl4w4vejtw6ulq
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=henrigrimm/minnow/orchestrate-plan
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8d02dde5436ea6df956347a8a38842e06847568a93cd63da25c83686e47fe538

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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