Your first orchestration — the 5-step walkthrough
- Isolate — create a git worktree (
.worktrees/{agent}-{feature}/). Never edit on sharedmain. Anti-Conflict v3.2 - Delegate — decompose the goal & spawn sub-agents via the
orchestrator//delegatewith a 10-item brief. agentic-delegation - Observe — the
sentinel-monitorwatches traces; HIGH anomalies (loops/depth) auto-block. Sentinel - Converge — merge each subtask branch to its parent, never straight to
main. Hierarchical-Merge - Show — render a human-readable
status-map//status. Human observability
Tier ladder
- T0 Orchestration — orchestrator · /delegate · auto-pilot
- T1 Creation — The Forge (33Q · RBAD · Goldilocks)
- T2 Safety — Anti-Conflict · Hierarchical-Merge · Worktree · TTL
- T3 Observability — Sentinel · Status Maps
- T4 Delegation gov — GaaS/GaaC (init/dna/finalize)
- T5 Advisory — founder-playbook · MVV
- T6 External — maos-mcp-hub (6 Atlassian gateways)
Day-1 protocols you MUST respect
- law Worktree-first — no direct edits on
main - law Merge to parent, not
main(exceptbugfix/ hotfix/ emergency/) - law Don't suppress a HIGH Sentinel auto-block
- warn Reference protocols — don't copy them
- warn Frontmatter + ISO-8601 + validation gate before commit
The 6 concierge modes
explain— teach the framework (default)onboard— guided newcomer rampguide— intent → tool + runbookaudit— read-only compliance checkanchor— surface canonical decisions, flag driftdashboard— this map (ASCII default + HTML)
Landscape — which tool for which intent
| Intent | Reach for | Governing protocol |
|---|---|---|
| Coordinate multi-agent work | orchestrator · auto-pilot | GaaS/GaaC + Anti-Conflict |
| Prevent file collisions | anti-conflict + worktrees | Anti-Conflict v3.2 |
| Create a new agent | forge | 33Q · RBAD · Goldilocks |
| Merge branches safely | hierarchical-merge | merge-to-parent |
| Detect anomalies | audit · sentinel-monitor | Sentinel (10 rules) |
| Status for humans | status-map · /status | Status Maps (9 templates) |
| Pick best sub-agent | agent-select | RBAD taxonomy |
| Converge proposals | converge | 5-act audit-not-persuasion |
| Reach Atlassian | maos-mcp-hub | 6 typed gateways |
Catalog (v1.5.2)
- ~18 agents — orchestrator · forge · sentinel-monitor · qa-validator · consolidator · …
- ~31 skills — see
AWARENESS-REGISTRY.md - ~14 commands — /sync /audit /status /worktree /delegate · …
- Protocols — Sentinel · Anti-Conflict · Hierarchical-Merge · TTL · Worktree · GaaS/GaaC
What to SKIP (anti-bloat)
- No
auto-pilotfor a single trivial edit - No new agent when one already covers the scope (Forge Q4)
- No Sentinel wiring for a one-shot solo task
- No protocol copy-paste into consumer repos
Vocabulary
- GaaS/GaaC — Governance as a Service / as Code
- RBAD — 6-category resource taxonomy
- Goldilocks — atomic ∧ generic
- Reference, don't duplicate — framework is SSOT