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Parallel Agent Dispatch & Worktrees

Fan Out Work Without Collisions

From serial bottleneck to agent fleet — learn to dispatch 5 agents simultaneously, isolate them with git worktrees, converge without collisions, and verify with a 5-agent code-review-swarm. Drawn from Knox's production orchestration patterns across 67+ repos.

Recommended: Complete Skills, Hooks & Slash Commands first

9 lessons~78 min total

Lessons are shown in recommended order. Complete them in sequence for the best experience — or jump to any lesson.

Lesson 413·8 min read

Why Parallelize — The Agent Fleet Mindset

Serial execution is the default — and the worst possible strategy for an orchestrator with access to a fleet of AI agents.

Lesson 414·9 min read

The Orchestrator / Lead / Worker Hierarchy

Three roles with strict separation of concerns — the hierarchy that prevents parallel dispatch from collapsing into parallel chaos.

Lesson 415·8 min read

Scoping a Dispatchable Task

The dispatch prompt is the orchestrator's primary output — a document so precise that a worker can execute it without a single clarifying question.

Lesson 416·9 min read

Git Worktrees — Isolated Parallel Workspaces

Worktrees give each agent its own directory with its own files — one shared git object store, zero write conflicts, complete isolation.

Lesson 417·8 min read

The Shared-File Collision Problem

Registry files like index.ts and tracks.ts are the blast radius of parallel dispatch — identify them before you dispatch, not after a collision.

Lesson 418·9 min read

Fan-Out Patterns — Parallel vs Pipeline

Pure fan-out for independent tasks, pipeline with barriers for dependent stages — choosing wrong costs more time than running serially.

Lesson 419·8 min read

Convergence & Merge — Bringing Worktrees Back

Convergence is not just merging branches — it is the phase where the orchestrator validates, combines, and owns the final state.

Lesson 420·9 min read

Verifying Parallel Work

Parallel execution multiplies output volume — without layered verification, it also multiplies uncaught errors.

Lesson 421·10 min read

The Parallel Dispatch Playbook

End-to-end: scope → isolate → dispatch → verify → converge — the repeatable protocol for any parallel agent session.