orchestration

>- Use Orca orchestration for structured multi-agent coordination: threaded messages, blocking ask/reply flows, task dispatch, worker_done/escalation waits, task DAGs, decision gates, coordinator loops, or decomposing work across agents. Use `orca-cli` instead for full ownership handoffs, including requests phrased as "hand off", "handoff", "handover", "give this to another agent", or "another worktree" when the user did not explicitly ask to supervise, monitor, wait for results, or coordinate a DAG. Use `orca-cli` for ordinary terminal control, lightweight terminal prompts, shell commands, Orca worktree management, reading or waiting on terminals, and automation of the browser embedded inside Orca. Use Computer Use for browser windows, webviews, Orca app UI, or desktop UI outside Orca's embedded browser. Send/reply/ask between agent terminals with persistent messages. Dispatch structured tasks to workers and wait for workerdone or escalation.

Use ask when a worker needs a blocking answer from the coordinator; it waits for the reply and returns the answer directly. Other terminal commands coordinators often need:

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/stablyai/orca --skill orchestration --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/stablyai/orca.