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17 changes: 16 additions & 1 deletion skills/efficient-fable/SKILL.md
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Prefer parallel subagents when the slices do not depend on each other. Keep
blocking or highly coupled work local.

## Staying Unblocked

- Defer questions to the user until no other independent work remains: every
mid-plan stop stalls the slices that could keep moving. Batch open
questions for the end. Exception: ask immediately when the answer gates
every remaining slice or the next step is irreversible.
- Don't sit blocked on a running subagent either: run subagents in the
background and spend the wait on orchestrator-side work — vetting earlier
results, planning the next slice.
- Keep the build green even while changes are incomplete — leave unfinished
work stubbed or unwired rather than half-connected — so one blocked or
stalled slice does not block the others. If a slice breaks the build,
revert only its diff in the working copy.

## Handoff Packets

Write delegated prompts as if the subagent has no useful chat context. Include
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look like when that is knowable.
- Stop conditions: if the code does not match the prompt, a command fails after
a reasonable retry, or the task needs out-of-scope files, stop and report
instead of improvising.
instead of improvising. Subagents should never pause to wait on user input;
they stop the task and report so the orchestrator stays unblocked.

## Vetting Delegated Work

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