@welluable/orch 1.1.0 → 1.3.0

package/main.js

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { Command, Option } from 'commander';
-import { execFileSync } from 'child_process';
+import { execFileSync, spawn } from 'child_process';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import readline from 'node:readline/promises';
+import { stdin as input, stdout as output } from 'node:process';
 
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import { AgentCursor } from './lib/agent-cursor.js';
@@ -13,7 +15,32 @@ import { parseVerdict } from './lib/parse-verdict.js';
 import { splitStageSummary, printStageSummary } from './lib/stage-summary.js';
 import { createRunContext } from './lib/run-context.js';
 import { createWorktree } from './lib/worktree.js';
-import { commitWorktree } from './lib/commit.js';
+import { commitWorktree, collectWorktreeChanges, printFilesChanged } from './lib/commit.js';
+import { FileTracker } from './lib/file-tracker.js';
+import { allocateJob } from './lib/job-lifecycle.js';
+import { setJobSlug, exitCodeForSignal, formatElapsed } from './lib/agent.js';
+import {
+    jobPaths,
+    readJob,
+    patchJob,
+    listJobs,
+    reconcileJob,
+    checkpointPause,
+    requestPause,
+    requestResume,
+    cascadePause,
+    cascadeResume,
+    stopJob,
+    cleanJobs,
+    isPidAlive,
+    reopenJob,
+    buildLastOutcome,
+} from './lib/jobs.js';
+import {
+    validateContinue,
+    snapshotPriorOutcome,
+    buildPriorOutcomeText,
+} from './lib/continue.js';
 import { askAgentArgs } from './agents/ask.js';
 import { triageAgentArgs } from './agents/triage.js';
 import { quickFixAgentArgs } from './agents/quick-fix.js';
@@ -23,6 +50,37 @@ import { testWriterAgentArgs } from './agents/test-writer.js';
 import { testCriticAgentArgs } from './agents/test-critic.js';
 import { codeWriterAgentArgs } from './agents/code-writer.js';
 import { testRunnerAgentArgs } from './agents/test-runner.js';
+import { integratorAgentArgs } from './agents/integrator.js';
+import { boundariesAgentArgs } from './agents/boundaries.js';
+import { decomposerAgentArgs } from './agents/decomposer.js';
+import {
+    readFanout,
+    writeFanout,
+    patchWorker,
+    patchIntegration,
+    recordChangedFiles,
+    buildWorkerEnvelope,
+    buildIntegrationEnvelope,
+    validateDecomposition,
+    planLayers,
+    chooseConcurrency,
+    detectOverlaps,
+    ensureScaffoldSubtask,
+} from './lib/fanout.js';
+import { parseDecomposition } from './lib/parse-decomposition.js';
+import {
+    mergeBranches,
+    abortMerge,
+    conflictedFiles,
+    hasConflictMarkers,
+} from './lib/integrate.js';
+import {
+    resolveAgent,
+    writeConfig,
+    printConfig,
+    globalConfigPath,
+    localConfigPath,
+} from './lib/config.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
@@ -71,6 +129,149 @@ function ensureBinaryOnPath(binary, agentName) {
     }
 }
 
+const TERMINAL_JOB_STATES = ['done', 'failed', 'stopped', 'crashed'];
+
+function formatRelativeTime(iso) {
+    if (!iso) return '-';
+    const sec = Math.max(0, Math.floor((Date.now() - new Date(iso).getTime()) / 1000));
+    if (sec < 60) return `${sec}s ago`;
+    const min = Math.floor(sec / 60);
+    if (min < 60) return `${min}m ago`;
+    const hr = Math.floor(min / 60);
+    if (hr < 24) return `${hr}h ago`;
+    return `${Math.floor(hr / 24)}d ago`;
+}
+
+function jobDuration(job) {
+    if (!job.startedAt) return '-';
+    const start = new Date(job.startedAt).getTime();
+    if (Number.isNaN(start)) return '-';
+    const end = job.finishedAt ? new Date(job.finishedAt).getTime() : Date.now();
+    if (Number.isNaN(end)) return '-';
+    return formatElapsed(Math.max(0, end - start));
+}
+
+function displayJobRole(role) {
+    if (role === 'integration') return 'integrate';
+    if (role == null) return '-';
+    return role;
+}
+
+/** Workers first (startedAt ascending), then the integration child last. */
+function compareFanoutChildren(a, b) {
+    const aIntegrate = a.role === 'integration' ? 1 : 0;
+    const bIntegrate = b.role === 'integration' ? 1 : 0;
+    if (aIntegrate !== bIntegrate) return aIntegrate - bIntegrate;
+    return new Date(a.startedAt).getTime() - new Date(b.startedAt).getTime();
+}
+
+export function formatJobsTable(jobs) {
+    const header = ['SLUG', 'ROLE', 'STATE', 'PHASE', 'AGENT', 'STARTED', 'DURATION', 'PID'];
+    const childrenByParent = new Map();
+    const topLevel = [];
+    for (const job of jobs) {
+        if (job.parent) {
+            if (!childrenByParent.has(job.parent)) childrenByParent.set(job.parent, []);
+            childrenByParent.get(job.parent).push(job);
+        } else {
+            topLevel.push(job);
+        }
+    }
+    topLevel.sort((a, b) => new Date(b.startedAt).getTime() - new Date(a.startedAt).getTime());
+
+    const ordered = [];
+    for (const parent of topLevel) {
+        ordered.push({ job: parent, indent: '' });
+        const children = (childrenByParent.get(parent.slug) || []).slice().sort(compareFanoutChildren);
+        for (const child of children) ordered.push({ job: child, indent: '  ' });
+    }
+
+    const rows = ordered.map(({ job, indent }) => [
+        `${indent}${job.slug}`,
+        displayJobRole(job.role),
+        job.state,
+        job.phase ?? '-',
+        job.agent ?? '-',
+        formatRelativeTime(job.startedAt),
+        jobDuration(job),
+        TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(job.state) ? '-' : (job.pid ?? '-'),
+    ]);
+    const widths = header.map((h, i) => Math.max(h.length, ...rows.map((row) => String(row[i]).length)));
+    const formatRow = (cols) => cols.map((c, i) => String(c).padEnd(widths[i])).join('  ').trimEnd();
+    return [formatRow(header), ...rows.map(formatRow)].join('\n');
+}
+
+function lastNonEmptyLine(content) {
+    const lines = content.split('\n').map((line) => line.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+    return lines[lines.length - 1];
+}
+
+export function formatStatus(cwd, record) {
+    const lines = [
+        `slug:     ${record.slug}`,
+        `state:    ${record.state}`,
+        `phase:    ${record.phase ?? '-'}`,
+        `stage:    ${record.stage ?? '-'}`,
+        `agent:    ${record.agent ?? '-'}`,
+        `started:  ${record.startedAt} (${formatRelativeTime(record.startedAt)})`,
+        `finished: ${record.finishedAt ?? '-'}`,
+        `branch:   ${record.branch ?? '-'}`,
+        `worktree: ${record.worktree ?? '-'}`,
+        `exitCode: ${record.exitCode ?? '-'}`,
+        `log:      ${record.logPath ?? '-'}`,
+    ];
+
+    if (record.parent) {
+        lines.splice(1, 0, `parent:   ${record.parent}`);
+    }
+
+    if (record.continuation > 1) {
+        const stateIdx = lines.findIndex((line) => line.startsWith('state:'));
+        lines.splice(stateIdx + 1, 0, `continuation: ${record.continuation}`);
+    }
+
+    if (record.lastOutcome) {
+        const o = record.lastOutcome;
+        lines.push(`outcome:  ${o.phase ?? '-'} / ${o.stage ?? '-'} (round ${o.round ?? '-'})`);
+        if (o.summary) lines.push(`summary:  ${o.summary}`);
+        if (o.error) lines.push(`error:    ${o.error}`);
+    }
+
+    const statusPath = path.join(jobPaths(cwd, record.slug).dir, 'status.md');
+    if (fs.existsSync(statusPath)) {
+        const last = lastNonEmptyLine(fs.readFileSync(statusPath, 'utf8'));
+        if (last) lines.push(`status:   ${last}`);
+    }
+
+    // Child view: parent line only — do not expand siblings.
+    // Read children from disk without reconcile so status reflects recorded
+    // state/phase/branch (listJobs would rewrite dead-pid live states to crashed).
+    if (!record.parent) {
+        const orchDir = path.join(path.resolve(cwd), '.orch');
+        const children = [];
+        if (fs.existsSync(orchDir)) {
+            for (const name of fs.readdirSync(orchDir)) {
+                const child = readJob(cwd, name);
+                if (child?.parent === record.slug) children.push(child);
+            }
+        }
+        children.sort(compareFanoutChildren);
+        if (record.role === 'coordinator' || children.length > 0) {
+            for (const child of children) {
+                lines.push(`  ${child.slug}  ${child.state}  ${child.phase ?? '-'}  ${child.branch ?? '-'}`);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return lines.join('\n');
+}
+
+/** True when pause/resume/stop should cascade to children. */
+function isCascadeParent(cwd, record) {
+    if (record?.role === 'coordinator') return true;
+    return listJobs(cwd).some((job) => job.parent === record.slug);
+}
+
 function formatVerdictFeedback(verdict, rawResult) {
     const lines = [];
     if (verdict.summary) lines.push(verdict.summary);
@@ -96,6 +297,268 @@ function roundLabel(role, round, maxRounds) {
     return `${role} ${round}/${maxRounds}`;
 }
 
+function defaultExecFile(command, args, options = {}) {
+    return execFileSync(command, args, { encoding: 'utf8', ...options });
+}
+
+/** Patch a job to a terminal state and write a matching `lastOutcome` in the same write. */
+function patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, { state, exitCode, summary = '', error = null, task }) {
+    if (!jobSlug) return;
+    const finishedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+    patchJobFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, (current) => ({
+        state,
+        exitCode,
+        finishedAt,
+        lastOutcome: buildLastOutcome({
+            state,
+            phase: current.phase,
+            stage: current.stage,
+            round: current.round,
+            exitCode,
+            finishedAt,
+            task: task ?? current.task,
+            summary,
+            error,
+        }),
+    }));
+}
+
+/** The test-writer ⇄ test-critic loop shared by `runPipeline` and `runWorkerPipeline`. */
+async function runTestLoop({
+    prompt,
+    worktreePath,
+    branch,
+    taskPath,
+    statusPath,
+    maxRounds,
+    AgentClass,
+    verbose,
+    jobPatch,
+    jobCheckpoint,
+}) {
+    let testAccepted = null;
+    let criticFeedback = null;
+    let testRound = 0;
+    let testSummary = '';
+
+    for (let round = 1; round <= maxRounds; round++) {
+        testRound = round;
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'test-loop', stage: 'test-writer', round });
+        const testWriterArgs = testWriterAgentArgs({
+            prompt,
+            cwd: worktreePath,
+            worktreePath,
+            branch,
+            taskPath,
+            statusPath,
+            criticFeedback,
+        });
+        const testWriterTracker = new FileTracker({ cwd: worktreePath });
+        const testWriter = new AgentClass(
+            roundLabel('test-writer', round, maxRounds),
+            testWriterArgs.instructions,
+            testWriterArgs.prompt,
+            { ...testWriterArgs.options, fileTracker: testWriterTracker },
+        );
+
+        const testOut = await testWriter.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { content: testWriterContent, summary: testWriterSummary } = splitStageSummary(testOut.result);
+        printStageSummary(
+            roundLabel('test-writer', round, maxRounds),
+            testWriterSummary,
+            testWriterTracker.getFiles(),
+        );
+        if (!testOut.ok) {
+            appendLoopStatus(statusPath, 'Test loop', {
+                round: testRound,
+                maxRounds,
+                passed: false,
+                summary: 'test-writer failed',
+            });
+            throw new Error('test-writer failed; stopping before code-writer');
+        }
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'test-loop', stage: 'test-critic', round });
+        const testCriticArgs = testCriticAgentArgs({
+            prompt,
+            cwd: worktreePath,
+            worktreePath,
+            branch,
+            taskPath,
+            statusPath,
+            testWriterOutput: testWriterContent,
+        });
+        const testCritic = new AgentClass(
+            roundLabel('test-critic', round, maxRounds),
+            testCriticArgs.instructions,
+            testCriticArgs.prompt,
+            testCriticArgs.options,
+        );
+
+        const criticOut = await testCritic.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { content: testCriticContent, summary: testCriticSummary } = splitStageSummary(criticOut.result);
+        printStageSummary(roundLabel('test-critic', round, maxRounds), testCriticSummary);
+        if (!criticOut.ok) {
+            appendLoopStatus(statusPath, 'Test loop', {
+                round: testRound,
+                maxRounds,
+                passed: false,
+                summary: 'test-critic failed',
+            });
+            throw new Error('test-critic failed; stopping before code-writer');
+        }
+
+        const verdict = parseVerdict(testCriticContent);
+        testSummary = verdict.summary;
+        if (verdict.passed) {
+            testAccepted = { writerContent: testWriterContent, criticOut, verdict, round };
+            break;
+        }
+        criticFeedback = formatVerdictFeedback(verdict, testCriticContent);
+    }
+
+    appendLoopStatus(statusPath, 'Test loop', {
+        round: testAccepted?.round ?? testRound,
+        maxRounds,
+        passed: Boolean(testAccepted),
+        summary: testAccepted?.verdict.summary ?? testSummary,
+    });
+
+    if (!testAccepted) {
+        throw new Error(`test loop exhausted after ${maxRounds} rounds`);
+    }
+
+    return testAccepted;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The code-writer ⇄ test-runner loop shared by `runPipeline`, `runWorkerPipeline`, and
+ * `runIntegratePipeline`. `runnerFirst` (used by `--integrate`'s verify loop) skips
+ * `code-writer` on round 1 only; if that lone `test-runner` attempt fails, rounds 2+
+ * alternate `code-writer` → `test-runner` exactly like the default writer-first shape.
+ */
+async function runCodeLoop({
+    prompt,
+    worktreePath,
+    branch,
+    taskPath,
+    statusPath,
+    maxRounds,
+    AgentClass,
+    verbose,
+    jobPatch,
+    jobCheckpoint,
+    acceptedVerification,
+    runnerFirst = false,
+    loopTitle = 'Code loop',
+}) {
+    let codeAccepted = null;
+    let runnerFeedback = null;
+    let codeRound = 0;
+    let codeSummary = '';
+    let codeWriterContent = null;
+
+    for (let round = 1; round <= maxRounds; round++) {
+        codeRound = round;
+        const skipWriter = runnerFirst && round === 1;
+
+        if (!skipWriter) {
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'code-loop', stage: 'code-writer', round });
+            const codeWriterArgs = codeWriterAgentArgs({
+                prompt,
+                cwd: worktreePath,
+                worktreePath,
+                branch,
+                taskPath,
+                statusPath,
+                round,
+                acceptedVerification,
+                runnerFeedback,
+            });
+            const codeWriterTracker = new FileTracker({ cwd: worktreePath });
+            const codeWriter = new AgentClass(
+                roundLabel('code-writer', round, maxRounds),
+                codeWriterArgs.instructions,
+                codeWriterArgs.prompt,
+                { ...codeWriterArgs.options, fileTracker: codeWriterTracker },
+            );
+
+            const codeOut = await codeWriter.run({ verbose });
+            await jobCheckpoint();
+            const { content, summary } = splitStageSummary(codeOut.result);
+            codeWriterContent = content;
+            printStageSummary(
+                roundLabel('code-writer', round, maxRounds),
+                summary,
+                codeWriterTracker.getFiles(),
+            );
+            if (!codeOut.ok) {
+                appendLoopStatus(statusPath, loopTitle, {
+                    round: codeRound,
+                    maxRounds,
+                    passed: false,
+                    summary: 'code-writer failed',
+                });
+                throw new Error('code-writer failed; stopping before commit');
+            }
+        }
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'code-loop', stage: 'test-runner', round });
+        const testRunnerArgs = testRunnerAgentArgs({
+            prompt,
+            cwd: worktreePath,
+            worktreePath,
+            branch,
+            statusPath,
+            codeWriterOutput: codeWriterContent,
+        });
+        const testRunner = new AgentClass(
+            roundLabel('test-runner', round, maxRounds),
+            testRunnerArgs.instructions,
+            testRunnerArgs.prompt,
+            testRunnerArgs.options,
+        );
+
+        const runnerOut = await testRunner.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { content: testRunnerContent, summary: testRunnerSummary } = splitStageSummary(runnerOut.result);
+        printStageSummary(roundLabel('test-runner', round, maxRounds), testRunnerSummary);
+        if (!runnerOut.ok) {
+            appendLoopStatus(statusPath, loopTitle, {
+                round: codeRound,
+                maxRounds,
+                passed: false,
+                summary: 'test-runner failed',
+            });
+            throw new Error('test-runner failed; stopping before commit');
+        }
+
+        const verdict = parseVerdict(testRunnerContent);
+        codeSummary = verdict.summary;
+        if (verdict.passed) {
+            codeAccepted = { writerContent: codeWriterContent, verdict, round };
+            break;
+        }
+        runnerFeedback = formatVerdictFeedback(verdict, testRunnerContent);
+    }
+
+    appendLoopStatus(statusPath, loopTitle, {
+        round: codeAccepted?.round ?? codeRound,
+        maxRounds,
+        passed: Boolean(codeAccepted),
+        summary: codeAccepted?.verdict.summary ?? codeSummary,
+    });
+
+    if (!codeAccepted) {
+        throw new Error(`code loop exhausted after ${maxRounds} rounds`);
+    }
+
+    return codeAccepted;
+}
+
 export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
     const verbose = Boolean(options.verbose);
     const maxRounds = options.maxRounds ?? 5;
@@ -108,8 +571,24 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
     const createRunContextFn = options.createRunContext ?? createRunContext;
     const createWorktreeFn = options.createWorktree ?? createWorktree;
     const commitWorktreeFn = options.commitWorktree ?? commitWorktree;
+    const collectWorktreeChangesFn = options.collectWorktreeChanges ?? collectWorktreeChanges;
     const invocationCwd = process.cwd();
 
+    const jobSlug = options.jobSlug ?? process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG;
+    const jobCwd = options.jobCwd ?? invocationCwd;
+    const patchJobFn = options.patchJob ?? patchJob;
+    const checkpointPauseFn = options.checkpointPause ?? checkpointPause;
+    const pausePollIntervalMs = options.pausePollIntervalMs ?? 500;
+
+    const jobPatch = (fields) => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        patchJobFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, fields);
+    };
+    const jobCheckpoint = async () => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        await checkpointPauseFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, { pollIntervalMs: pausePollIntervalMs });
+    };
+
     console.log(`cwd:   ${invocationCwd}`);
     console.log(`agent: ${options.agent}`);
 
@@ -129,6 +608,7 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
     console.log();
 
     if (options.ask) {
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'ask' });
         const ask = askAgentArgs({ prompt, cwd: invocationCwd });
         const askAgent = new AgentClass(ask.name, ask.instructions, ask.prompt, ask.options);
 
@@ -136,37 +616,47 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
             const askResult = await askAgent.run({ verbose });
             if (!askResult.ok) {
                 console.error(`Error: ask agent failed`);
+                jobPatch({ state: 'failed', exitCode: 1, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
                 process.exit(1);
                 return;
             }
             const { content, summary } = splitStageSummary(askResult.result);
             printStageSummary('ask', summary);
             console.log(content);
+            jobPatch({ state: 'done', exitCode: 0, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
         } catch (err) {
             console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+            jobPatch({ state: 'failed', exitCode: 1, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
             process.exit(1);
         }
         return;
     }
 
     if (options.quick) {
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'quick-fix' });
         const quickFix = quickFixAgentArgs({ prompt, cwd: invocationCwd });
+        const quickFixTracker = new FileTracker({ cwd: invocationCwd });
         const quickFixAgent = new AgentClass(
             quickFix.name,
             quickFix.instructions,
             quickFix.prompt,
-            quickFix.options,
+            { ...quickFix.options, fileTracker: quickFixTracker },
         );
 
         try {
             const quickFixResult = await quickFixAgent.run({ verbose });
             if (!quickFixResult.ok) {
                 console.error(`Error: quick-fix agent failed`);
+                jobPatch({ state: 'failed', exitCode: 1, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
                 process.exit(1);
                 return;
             }
+            const { summary: quickFixSummary } = splitStageSummary(quickFixResult.result);
+            printStageSummary('quick-fix', quickFixSummary, quickFixTracker.getFiles());
+            jobPatch({ state: 'done', exitCode: 0, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
         } catch (err) {
             console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+            jobPatch({ state: 'failed', exitCode: 1, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
             process.exit(1);
         }
         return;
@@ -181,33 +671,43 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
     );
 
     try {
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'triage', stage: 'triage', round: null });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
         const triageResult = await triageAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
         const { content: triageContent, summary: triageSummary } = splitStageSummary(triageResult.result);
         printStageSummary('triage', triageSummary);
         const parsed = parseTriageJson(triageContent);
 
         if (parsed?.simple === true) {
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'quick-fix', stage: 'quick-fix', round: null });
             const quickFix = quickFixAgentArgs({
                 prompt,
                 cwd: invocationCwd,
                 fix_plan: parsed.fix_plan,
             });
+            const quickFixTracker = new FileTracker({ cwd: invocationCwd });
             const quickFixAgent = new AgentClass(
                 quickFix.name,
                 quickFix.instructions,
                 quickFix.prompt,
-                quickFix.options,
+                { ...quickFix.options, fileTracker: quickFixTracker },
             );
 
             const quickFixResult = await quickFixAgent.run({ verbose });
+            await jobCheckpoint();
             const { summary: quickFixSummary } = splitStageSummary(quickFixResult.result);
-            printStageSummary('quick-fix', quickFixSummary);
+            printStageSummary('quick-fix', quickFixSummary, quickFixTracker.getFiles());
+            jobPatch({ state: 'done', exitCode: 0, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
             return;
         }
 
-        const runContext = createRunContextFn({ cwd: invocationCwd });
+        const runContext = createRunContextFn(
+            jobSlug ? { cwd: invocationCwd, slug: jobSlug } : { cwd: invocationCwd },
+        );
         console.log(`task ${runContext.slug} is started`);
 
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'research', stage: 'research', round: null });
         const research = researchAgentArgs({
             prompt,
             cwd: invocationCwd,
@@ -221,9 +721,11 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
         );
 
         const result = await researchAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
         const { content: researchContent, summary: researchSummary } = splitStageSummary(result.result);
         printStageSummary('research', researchSummary);
 
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'plan', stage: 'planner', round: null });
         const planner = plannerAgentArgs({
             prompt,
             cwd: invocationCwd,
@@ -239,10 +741,13 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
         );
 
         const plannerResult = await plannerAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
         const { summary: plannerSummary } = splitStageSummary(plannerResult.result);
         printStageSummary('planner', plannerSummary);
 
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'worktree', stage: 'worktree', round: null });
         const worktree = createWorktreeFn({ cwd: invocationCwd, slug: runContext.slug });
+        jobPatch({ branch: worktree.branch, worktree: worktree.worktreePath });
 
         fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(runContext.statusPath), { recursive: true });
         fs.writeFileSync(
@@ -251,98 +756,20 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
         );
 
         // --- test loop: test-writer ⇄ test-critic ---
-        let testAccepted = null;
-        let criticFeedback = null;
-        let testRound = 0;
-        let testSummary = '';
-
-        for (let round = 1; round <= maxRounds; round++) {
-            testRound = round;
-
-            const testWriterArgs = testWriterAgentArgs({
-                prompt,
-                cwd: worktree.worktreePath,
-                worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
-                branch: worktree.branch,
-                taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
-                statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
-                criticFeedback,
-            });
-            const testWriter = new AgentClass(
-                roundLabel('test-writer', round, maxRounds),
-                testWriterArgs.instructions,
-                testWriterArgs.prompt,
-                testWriterArgs.options,
-            );
-
-            const testOut = await testWriter.run({ verbose });
-            const { content: testWriterContent, summary: testWriterSummary } = splitStageSummary(testOut.result);
-            printStageSummary(roundLabel('test-writer', round, maxRounds), testWriterSummary);
-            if (!testOut.ok) {
-                appendLoopStatus(runContext.statusPath, 'Test loop', {
-                    round: testRound,
-                    maxRounds,
-                    passed: false,
-                    summary: 'test-writer failed',
-                });
-                throw new Error('test-writer failed; stopping before code-writer');
-            }
-
-            const testCriticArgs = testCriticAgentArgs({
-                prompt,
-                cwd: worktree.worktreePath,
-                worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
-                branch: worktree.branch,
-                taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
-                statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
-                testWriterOutput: testWriterContent,
-            });
-            const testCritic = new AgentClass(
-                roundLabel('test-critic', round, maxRounds),
-                testCriticArgs.instructions,
-                testCriticArgs.prompt,
-                testCriticArgs.options,
-            );
-
-            const criticOut = await testCritic.run({ verbose });
-            const { content: testCriticContent, summary: testCriticSummary } = splitStageSummary(criticOut.result);
-            printStageSummary(roundLabel('test-critic', round, maxRounds), testCriticSummary);
-            if (!criticOut.ok) {
-                appendLoopStatus(runContext.statusPath, 'Test loop', {
-                    round: testRound,
-                    maxRounds,
-                    passed: false,
-                    summary: 'test-critic failed',
-                });
-                throw new Error('test-critic failed; stopping before code-writer');
-            }
-
-            const verdict = parseVerdict(testCriticContent);
-            testSummary = verdict.summary;
-            if (verdict.passed) {
-                testAccepted = { writerContent: testWriterContent, criticOut, verdict, round };
-                break;
-            }
-            criticFeedback = formatVerdictFeedback(verdict, testCriticContent);
-        }
-
-        appendLoopStatus(runContext.statusPath, 'Test loop', {
-            round: testAccepted?.round ?? testRound,
+        const testAccepted = await runTestLoop({
+            prompt,
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: worktree.branch,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
             maxRounds,
-            passed: Boolean(testAccepted),
-            summary: testAccepted?.verdict.summary ?? testSummary,
+            AgentClass,
+            verbose,
+            jobPatch,
+            jobCheckpoint,
         });
 
-        if (!testAccepted) {
-            throw new Error(`test loop exhausted after ${maxRounds} rounds`);
-        }
-
         // --- code loop: code-writer ⇄ test-runner ---
-        let codeAccepted = null;
-        let runnerFeedback = null;
-        let codeRound = 0;
-        let codeSummary = '';
-
         const acceptedVerification = [
             testAccepted.verdict.summary,
             testAccepted.writerContent,
@@ -350,89 +777,26 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
             .filter(Boolean)
             .join('\n');
 
-        for (let round = 1; round <= maxRounds; round++) {
-            codeRound = round;
-
-            const codeWriterArgs = codeWriterAgentArgs({
-                prompt,
-                cwd: worktree.worktreePath,
-                worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
-                branch: worktree.branch,
-                taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
-                statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
-                round,
-                acceptedVerification,
-                runnerFeedback,
-            });
-            const codeWriter = new AgentClass(
-                roundLabel('code-writer', round, maxRounds),
-                codeWriterArgs.instructions,
-                codeWriterArgs.prompt,
-                codeWriterArgs.options,
-            );
-
-            const codeOut = await codeWriter.run({ verbose });
-            const { content: codeWriterContent, summary: codeWriterSummary } = splitStageSummary(codeOut.result);
-            printStageSummary(roundLabel('code-writer', round, maxRounds), codeWriterSummary);
-            if (!codeOut.ok) {
-                appendLoopStatus(runContext.statusPath, 'Code loop', {
-                    round: codeRound,
-                    maxRounds,
-                    passed: false,
-                    summary: 'code-writer failed',
-                });
-                throw new Error('code-writer failed; stopping before commit');
-            }
-
-            const testRunnerArgs = testRunnerAgentArgs({
-                prompt,
-                cwd: worktree.worktreePath,
-                worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
-                branch: worktree.branch,
-                statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
-                codeWriterOutput: codeWriterContent,
-            });
-            const testRunner = new AgentClass(
-                roundLabel('test-runner', round, maxRounds),
-                testRunnerArgs.instructions,
-                testRunnerArgs.prompt,
-                testRunnerArgs.options,
-            );
-
-            const runnerOut = await testRunner.run({ verbose });
-            const { content: testRunnerContent, summary: testRunnerSummary } = splitStageSummary(runnerOut.result);
-            printStageSummary(roundLabel('test-runner', round, maxRounds), testRunnerSummary);
-            if (!runnerOut.ok) {
-                appendLoopStatus(runContext.statusPath, 'Code loop', {
-                    round: codeRound,
-                    maxRounds,
-                    passed: false,
-                    summary: 'test-runner failed',
-                });
-                throw new Error('test-runner failed; stopping before commit');
-            }
-
-            const verdict = parseVerdict(testRunnerContent);
-            codeSummary = verdict.summary;
-            if (verdict.passed) {
-                codeAccepted = { writerContent: codeWriterContent, verdict, round };
-                break;
-            }
-            runnerFeedback = formatVerdictFeedback(verdict, testRunnerContent);
-        }
-
-        appendLoopStatus(runContext.statusPath, 'Code loop', {
-            round: codeAccepted?.round ?? codeRound,
+        const codeAccepted = await runCodeLoop({
+            prompt,
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: worktree.branch,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
             maxRounds,
-            passed: Boolean(codeAccepted),
-            summary: codeAccepted?.verdict.summary ?? codeSummary,
+            AgentClass,
+            verbose,
+            jobPatch,
+            jobCheckpoint,
+            acceptedVerification,
         });
 
-        if (!codeAccepted) {
-            throw new Error(`code loop exhausted after ${maxRounds} rounds`);
-        }
-
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'commit', stage: 'commit', round: null });
         const message = `orch: ${runContext.slug} ${prompt.split('\n')[0]}`;
+        const worktreeChanges = collectWorktreeChangesFn({
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+        });
+        printFilesChanged(worktreeChanges);
         const commitResult = commitWorktreeFn({
             worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
             branch: worktree.branch,
@@ -446,6 +810,7 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
             );
             console.log(`commit: ${commitResult.sha.slice(0, 7)} on ${commitResult.branch}`);
             console.log(`merge:  git merge ${commitResult.branch}`);
+            console.log(`next:   orch continue ${runContext.slug} "…"`);
         } else {
             fs.appendFileSync(
                 runContext.statusPath,
@@ -453,54 +818,2214 @@ export async function runPipeline(prompt, options) {
             );
             console.log(`commit: no changes on ${commitResult.branch}`);
         }
+
+        patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+            state: 'done',
+            exitCode: 0,
+            summary: codeAccepted?.verdict?.summary ?? '',
+            error: null,
+            task: prompt,
+        });
     } catch (err) {
         console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+        if (jobSlug) {
+            try {
+                patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+                    state: 'failed',
+                    exitCode: 1,
+                    summary: '',
+                    error: err.message,
+                    task: prompt,
+                });
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort: don't let a job-state write failure mask the real error.
+            }
+        }
+        console.error(`next:   orch continue ${jobSlug ?? '<slug>'} "fix the failure and finish"`);
         process.exit(1);
     }
 }
 
-const program = new Command();
+/**
+ * The detach-PARENT path: allocates a run directory, writes an initial
+ * `run.json`, spawns a `--detach`-stripped re-invocation of this CLI with
+ * `ORCH_JOB_SLUG`/`ORCH_DETACHED` set, patches in the child's pid, and
+ * returns immediately. `runPipeline` (the child/pipeline-running path) never
+ * runs in this process.
+ */
+export async function runDetached(prompt, options = {}) {
+    const {
+        agent,
+        maxRounds = 5,
+        verbose,
+        cwd = process.cwd(),
+        createRunContext: createRunContextFn = createRunContext,
+        spawn: spawnFn = spawn,
+        exit = (code) => process.exit(code),
+    } = options;
 
-program
-    .name('orch')
-    .version(version)
-    .description('The Orchestrator: triage → research → plan → implement pipeline against a task')
-    .argument('<task...>', 'Task description to use as the prompt (mention a file path and the agent will read it)')
-    .option('-v, --verbose', 'Stream agent thinking/output deltas to stderr as the pipeline runs')
-    .option('--dry-run', 'Check that the selected agent CLI is on PATH and exit; do not run the pipeline')
-    .option('--ask', 'Ask a read-only question about the codebase; print the reply and exit (skips triage and all write pipelines)')
-    .option('--quick', 'Skip triage, run quick-fix directly in the current working tree; create no artifacts, worktrees, or commits')
-    .option('--max-rounds <n>', 'Max writer⇄critic and writer⇄runner iterations per implementer loop (ignored with --ask and --quick)', (value) => {
-        const n = Number.parseInt(value, 10);
-        if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n < 1) {
-            throw new Error('--max-rounds must be a positive integer');
-        }
-        return n;
-    }, 5)
-    .addOption(
-        new Option('--agent <agent>', 'Agent backend to run the pipeline with: "cursor" (Cursor Agent CLI), "claude" (Claude Code CLI), or "agn" (agn CLI)')
-            .choices(['cursor', 'claude', 'agn'])
-            .default('cursor'),
-    )
-    .addHelpText(
-        'after',
-        `
-Examples:
-  $ orch "fix the typo in the README" --agent claude
-  $ orch "fix the bug described in task.md" --agent cursor -v
-  $ orch "implement the local spec" --agent agn -v
-  $ orch --ask "where is the CLI entrypoint?" --agent claude
-  $ orch --quick "fix the typo in the README" --agent claude
-  $ orch "noop" --dry-run --agent cursor
-`,
-    )
-    .action(async (task, options) => {
-        const prompt = task.join(' ').trim();
-        if (!prompt) {
-            console.error('Error: task cannot be empty');
-            process.exit(1);
-        }
-        await runPipeline(prompt, options);
+    const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[agent];
+    if (!backend) {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown agent backend: ${agent}`);
+    }
+
+    if (!isBinaryOnPath(backend.binary)) {
+        console.error(binaryMissingHint(agent));
+        exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const { slug } = allocateJob({
+        cwd,
+        prompt,
+        agent,
+        maxRounds,
+        state: 'starting',
+        createRunContext: createRunContextFn,
+    });
+    const { logPath } = jobPaths(cwd, slug);
+
+    const logFd = fs.openSync(logPath, 'a');
+
+    const childArgs = [__filename, prompt, '--agent', agent, '--max-rounds', String(maxRounds)];
+    if (verbose) childArgs.push('--verbose');
+
+    const child = spawnFn(process.execPath, childArgs, {
+        cwd,
+        env: { ...process.env, ORCH_JOB_SLUG: slug, ORCH_DETACHED: '1' },
+        detached: true,
+        stdio: ['ignore', logFd, logFd],
+    });
+    child.unref();
+
+    patchJob(cwd, slug, { pid: child.pid, state: 'running' });
+
+    console.log(`started ${slug} (pid ${child.pid})`);
+    exit(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Continue pipeline: full complex stages on an existing worktree/branch.
+ * Skips triage and `createWorktree`. Injects prior-outcome text into
+ * research/planner only. See `.spec/continue.md`.
+ */
+export async function runContinuePipeline(prompt, options = {}) {
+    const verbose = Boolean(options.verbose);
+    const maxRounds = options.maxRounds ?? 5;
+    const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[options.agent];
+    if (!backend) {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown agent backend: ${options.agent}`);
+    }
+    const AgentClass = options.AgentClass ?? backend.AgentClass;
+    const cwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd();
+    const {
+        slug,
+        worktreePath,
+        branch,
+        role,
+        parentSlug,
+        workerId,
+        priorOutcome,
+        continuation,
+    } = options;
+
+    const createRunContextFn = options.createRunContext ?? createRunContext;
+    const commitWorktreeFn = options.commitWorktree ?? commitWorktree;
+    const collectWorktreeChangesFn = options.collectWorktreeChanges ?? collectWorktreeChanges;
+    const patchWorkerFn = options.patchWorker ?? patchWorker;
+    const recordChangedFilesFn = options.recordChangedFiles ?? recordChangedFiles;
+    const execFileFn = options.execFile;
+
+    const jobSlug = options.jobSlug ?? slug ?? process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG;
+    const jobCwd = options.jobCwd ?? cwd;
+    const patchJobFn = options.patchJob ?? patchJob;
+    const checkpointPauseFn = options.checkpointPause ?? checkpointPause;
+    const pausePollIntervalMs = options.pausePollIntervalMs ?? 500;
+
+    const jobPatch = (fields) => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        patchJobFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, fields);
+    };
+    const jobCheckpoint = async () => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        await checkpointPauseFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, { pollIntervalMs: pausePollIntervalMs });
+    };
+
+    if (!options.AgentClass) {
+        ensureBinaryOnPath(backend.binary, options.agent);
+    }
+
+    const priorBlock = buildPriorOutcomeText(priorOutcome, {
+        slug,
+        continuation,
+        worktreePath,
+        branch,
+        parentSlug,
+        workerId,
+    });
+    const researchPlannerPrompt = `${priorBlock}\n\nUser follow-up:\n${prompt}`;
+
+    try {
+        const runContext = createRunContextFn({ cwd, slug });
+
+        fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(runContext.statusPath), { recursive: true });
+        const prior = priorOutcome ?? {};
+        const startedIso = new Date().toISOString();
+        let continueSection = `\n## Continue ${continuation}\n\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Task: ${prompt.split('\n')[0]}\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Started: ${startedIso}\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Branch: \`${branch}\`\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Worktree: \`${worktreePath}\`\n`;
+        if (parentSlug) continueSection += `- Fan-out parent: \`${parentSlug}\`\n`;
+        if (workerId) continueSection += `- Worker id: \`${workerId}\`\n`;
+        continueSection += `\n### Prior outcome\n\n`;
+        continueSection += `- State: ${prior.state ?? '(none recorded)'}\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Phase: ${prior.phase ?? '(none recorded)'}\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Stage: ${prior.stage ?? '(none recorded)'}\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Round: ${prior.round ?? 'null'}\n`;
+        continueSection += `- Summary: ${prior.summary || '(none recorded)'}\n`;
+        if (prior.error) continueSection += `- Error: ${prior.error}\n`;
+        fs.appendFileSync(runContext.statusPath, continueSection);
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'research', stage: 'research', round: null });
+        const research = researchAgentArgs({
+            prompt: researchPlannerPrompt,
+            cwd: worktreePath,
+            researchPath: runContext.researchPath,
+        });
+        const researchAgent = new AgentClass(
+            research.name,
+            research.instructions,
+            research.prompt,
+            research.options,
+        );
+        const researchResult = await researchAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { content: researchContent, summary: researchSummary } = splitStageSummary(researchResult.result);
+        printStageSummary('research', researchSummary);
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'plan', stage: 'planner', round: null });
+        const planner = plannerAgentArgs({
+            prompt: researchPlannerPrompt,
+            cwd: worktreePath,
+            researchPath: runContext.researchPath,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            researchOutput: researchContent,
+        });
+        const plannerAgent = new AgentClass(
+            planner.name,
+            planner.instructions,
+            planner.prompt,
+            planner.options,
+        );
+        const plannerResult = await plannerAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { summary: plannerSummary } = splitStageSummary(plannerResult.result);
+        printStageSummary('planner', plannerSummary);
+
+        const testAccepted = await runTestLoop({
+            prompt,
+            worktreePath,
+            branch,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
+            maxRounds,
+            AgentClass,
+            verbose,
+            jobPatch,
+            jobCheckpoint,
+        });
+
+        const acceptedVerification = [testAccepted.verdict.summary, testAccepted.writerContent]
+            .filter(Boolean)
+            .join('\n');
+
+        const codeAccepted = await runCodeLoop({
+            prompt,
+            worktreePath,
+            branch,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
+            maxRounds,
+            AgentClass,
+            verbose,
+            jobPatch,
+            jobCheckpoint,
+            acceptedVerification,
+        });
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'commit', stage: 'commit', round: null });
+        const message = `orch: ${slug} (continue ${continuation}): ${prompt.split('\n')[0]}`;
+        const worktreeChanges = collectWorktreeChangesFn({ worktreePath });
+        printFilesChanged(worktreeChanges);
+        const commitResult = commitWorktreeFn({
+            worktreePath,
+            branch,
+            message,
+        });
+
+        if (commitResult.committed) {
+            fs.appendFileSync(
+                runContext.statusPath,
+                `\n## Commit\n\n- SHA: \`${commitResult.sha}\`\n- Branch: \`${commitResult.branch}\`\n`,
+            );
+            console.log(`commit: ${commitResult.sha.slice(0, 7)} on ${commitResult.branch}`);
+            console.log(`merge:  git merge ${commitResult.branch}`);
+        } else {
+            fs.appendFileSync(
+                runContext.statusPath,
+                `\n## Commit\n\n- No changes to commit on \`${commitResult.branch}\`.\n`,
+            );
+            console.log(`commit: no changes on ${commitResult.branch}`);
+        }
+
+        if (role === 'worker' && parentSlug && workerId) {
+            let changedFiles = [];
+            try {
+                changedFiles = recordChangedFilesFn({
+                    repoRoot: cwd,
+                    base: undefined,
+                    branch,
+                    execFile: execFileFn,
+                });
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort.
+            }
+            if (commitResult.committed) {
+                patchWorkerFn(cwd, parentSlug, workerId, {
+                    state: 'done',
+                    sha: commitResult.sha,
+                    changedFiles,
+                });
+                console.log(`next:   orch --integrate ${parentSlug}`);
+            }
+        }
+
+        patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+            state: 'done',
+            exitCode: 0,
+            summary: codeAccepted?.verdict?.summary ?? '',
+            error: null,
+            task: prompt,
+        });
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+        if (role === 'worker' && parentSlug && workerId) {
+            try {
+                patchWorkerFn(cwd, parentSlug, workerId, { state: 'failed' });
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort.
+            }
+        }
+        if (jobSlug) {
+            try {
+                patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+                    state: 'failed',
+                    exitCode: 1,
+                    summary: '',
+                    error: err.message,
+                    task: prompt,
+                });
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort.
+            }
+        }
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Detach-parent path for `orch continue`: validate, PATH-check, spawn a
+ * `--detach`-stripped re-invocation, reopen the existing slug with the child
+ * pid, print `started`, exit. Never runs pipeline stages itself.
+ */
+export async function runContinueDetached(slug, prompt, options = {}) {
+    const {
+        agent,
+        maxRounds = 5,
+        verbose,
+        cwd = process.cwd(),
+        spawn: spawnFn = spawn,
+        exit = (code) => process.exit(code),
+        validateContinue: validateContinueFn = validateContinue,
+        reopenJob: reopenJobFn = reopenJob,
+        snapshotPriorOutcome: snapshotPriorOutcomeFn = snapshotPriorOutcome,
+    } = options;
+
+    const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[agent];
+    if (!backend) {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown agent backend: ${agent}`);
+    }
+
+    let record;
+    try {
+        record = validateContinueFn(cwd, slug, { task: prompt });
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+        exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (!isBinaryOnPath(backend.binary)) {
+        console.error(binaryMissingHint(agent));
+        exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const prior = snapshotPriorOutcomeFn(cwd, slug, record);
+    const { logPath } = jobPaths(cwd, slug);
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(logPath), { recursive: true });
+    const logFd = fs.openSync(logPath, 'a');
+
+    const childArgs = [
+        __filename,
+        'continue',
+        slug,
+        prompt,
+        '--agent',
+        agent,
+        '--max-rounds',
+        String(maxRounds),
+    ];
+    if (verbose) childArgs.push('--verbose');
+
+    const child = spawnFn(process.execPath, childArgs, {
+        cwd,
+        env: { ...process.env, ORCH_JOB_SLUG: slug, ORCH_DETACHED: '1' },
+        detached: true,
+        stdio: ['ignore', logFd, logFd],
+    });
+    child.unref();
+
+    const updated = reopenJobFn(cwd, slug, {
+        task: prompt,
+        agent,
+        maxRounds,
+        pid: child.pid,
+        prior,
+    });
+
+    console.log(`started ${slug} (pid ${child.pid}, continuation ${updated.continuation})`);
+    exit(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * The `--worker <parent>:<workerId>` driver: skips triage and runs research → planner →
+ * worktree (from the fan-out's recorded `base`) → test loop → code loop (writer-first) →
+ * commit, exactly like `runPipeline` minus triage. `prompt` is the worker's subtask text
+ * with the envelope already appended by the CLI wiring. On success, patches the parent's
+ * `fanout.json.workers[]` entry to `state:'done'` with `sha`/`changedFiles`; on failure,
+ * patches it (and this job's own `run.json`) to `state:'failed'` before exiting non-zero.
+ */
+export async function runWorkerPipeline(prompt, options = {}) {
+    const verbose = Boolean(options.verbose);
+    const maxRounds = options.maxRounds ?? 5;
+    const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[options.agent];
+    if (!backend) {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown agent backend: ${options.agent}`);
+    }
+    const AgentClass = options.AgentClass ?? backend.AgentClass;
+    const cwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd();
+    const { parentSlug, workerId, base } = options;
+
+    const createRunContextFn = options.createRunContext ?? createRunContext;
+    const createWorktreeFn = options.createWorktree ?? createWorktree;
+    const commitWorktreeFn = options.commitWorktree ?? commitWorktree;
+    const collectWorktreeChangesFn = options.collectWorktreeChanges ?? collectWorktreeChanges;
+    const patchWorkerFn = options.patchWorker ?? patchWorker;
+    const recordChangedFilesFn = options.recordChangedFiles ?? recordChangedFiles;
+    const execFileFn = options.execFile;
+
+    const jobSlug = options.jobSlug ?? process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG;
+    const jobCwd = options.jobCwd ?? cwd;
+    const patchJobFn = options.patchJob ?? patchJob;
+    const checkpointPauseFn = options.checkpointPause ?? checkpointPause;
+    const pausePollIntervalMs = options.pausePollIntervalMs ?? 500;
+
+    const jobPatch = (fields) => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        patchJobFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, fields);
+    };
+    const jobCheckpoint = async () => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        await checkpointPauseFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, { pollIntervalMs: pausePollIntervalMs });
+    };
+
+    if (!options.AgentClass) {
+        ensureBinaryOnPath(backend.binary, options.agent);
+    }
+
+    try {
+        const runContext = createRunContextFn(jobSlug ? { cwd, slug: jobSlug } : { cwd });
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'research', stage: 'research', round: null });
+        const research = researchAgentArgs({ prompt, cwd, researchPath: runContext.researchPath });
+        const researchAgent = new AgentClass(
+            research.name,
+            research.instructions,
+            research.prompt,
+            research.options,
+        );
+        const researchResult = await researchAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { content: researchContent, summary: researchSummary } = splitStageSummary(researchResult.result);
+        printStageSummary('research', researchSummary);
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'plan', stage: 'planner', round: null });
+        const planner = plannerAgentArgs({
+            prompt,
+            cwd,
+            researchPath: runContext.researchPath,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            researchOutput: researchContent,
+        });
+        const plannerAgent = new AgentClass(
+            planner.name,
+            planner.instructions,
+            planner.prompt,
+            planner.options,
+        );
+        const plannerResult = await plannerAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { summary: plannerSummary } = splitStageSummary(plannerResult.result);
+        printStageSummary('planner', plannerSummary);
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'worktree', stage: 'worktree', round: null });
+        const worktree = createWorktreeFn({ cwd, slug: runContext.slug, base });
+        jobPatch({ branch: worktree.branch, worktree: worktree.worktreePath });
+
+        fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(runContext.statusPath), { recursive: true });
+        fs.writeFileSync(
+            runContext.statusPath,
+            `# Status\n\n- Slug: \`${runContext.slug}\`\n- Branch: \`${worktree.branch}\`\n- Worktree: \`${worktree.worktreePath}\`\n- Parent: \`${parentSlug}\`\n- Worker: \`${workerId}\`\n`,
+        );
+
+        const testAccepted = await runTestLoop({
+            prompt,
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: worktree.branch,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
+            maxRounds,
+            AgentClass,
+            verbose,
+            jobPatch,
+            jobCheckpoint,
+        });
+
+        const acceptedVerification = [testAccepted.verdict.summary, testAccepted.writerContent]
+            .filter(Boolean)
+            .join('\n');
+
+        const codeAccepted = await runCodeLoop({
+            prompt,
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: worktree.branch,
+            taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+            statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
+            maxRounds,
+            AgentClass,
+            verbose,
+            jobPatch,
+            jobCheckpoint,
+            acceptedVerification,
+        });
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'commit', stage: 'commit', round: null });
+        const message = `orch: ${runContext.slug} ${prompt.split('\n')[0]}`;
+        const worktreeChanges = collectWorktreeChangesFn({ worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath });
+        printFilesChanged(worktreeChanges);
+        const commitResult = commitWorktreeFn({
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: worktree.branch,
+            message,
+        });
+
+        if (commitResult.committed) {
+            fs.appendFileSync(
+                runContext.statusPath,
+                `\n## Commit\n\n- SHA: \`${commitResult.sha}\`\n- Branch: \`${commitResult.branch}\`\n`,
+            );
+            console.log(`commit: ${commitResult.sha.slice(0, 7)} on ${commitResult.branch}`);
+        } else {
+            fs.appendFileSync(
+                runContext.statusPath,
+                `\n## Commit\n\n- No changes to commit on \`${commitResult.branch}\`.\n`,
+            );
+            console.log(`commit: no changes on ${commitResult.branch}`);
+        }
+
+        let changedFiles = [];
+        try {
+            changedFiles = recordChangedFilesFn({
+                repoRoot: worktree.repoRoot,
+                base,
+                branch: worktree.branch,
+                execFile: execFileFn,
+            });
+        } catch {
+            // Best-effort: changedFiles is informational only, never masks a successful commit.
+        }
+
+        patchWorkerFn(cwd, parentSlug, workerId, {
+            state: 'done',
+            sha: commitResult.sha,
+            changedFiles,
+        });
+        patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+            state: 'done',
+            exitCode: 0,
+            summary: codeAccepted?.verdict?.summary ?? '',
+            error: null,
+            task: prompt,
+        });
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+        try {
+            patchWorkerFn(cwd, parentSlug, workerId, { state: 'failed' });
+        } catch {
+            // Best-effort: don't let a fanout-state write failure mask the real error.
+        }
+        if (jobSlug) {
+            try {
+                patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+                    state: 'failed',
+                    exitCode: 1,
+                    summary: '',
+                    error: err.message,
+                    task: prompt,
+                });
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort: don't let a job-state write failure mask the real error.
+            }
+        }
+        console.error(`next:   orch continue ${jobSlug ?? '<slug>'} "fix the failure and finish"`);
+        if (parentSlug) console.error(`        orch --integrate ${parentSlug}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The `--integrate <parent>` driver: reuses (or creates) the integration worktree keyed
+ * by the parent slug, merges `fanout.integration.candidates` in order (repairing conflicts
+ * via the `integrator` agent, one conflict at a time), then runs a runner-first verify
+ * loop and commits on green. Never invokes triage/research/planner/test-writer/test-critic.
+ * Appends every step to `.orch/<job-slug>/integration.md` as it happens.
+ */
+export async function runIntegratePipeline(options = {}) {
+    const verbose = Boolean(options.verbose);
+    const maxRounds = options.maxRounds ?? 5;
+    const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[options.agent];
+    if (!backend) {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown agent backend: ${options.agent}`);
+    }
+    const AgentClass = options.AgentClass ?? backend.AgentClass;
+    const cwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd();
+    const { parentSlug } = options;
+
+    const createWorktreeFn = options.createWorktree ?? createWorktree;
+    const commitWorktreeFn = options.commitWorktree ?? commitWorktree;
+    const readFanoutFn = options.readFanout ?? readFanout;
+    const patchIntegrationFn = options.patchIntegration ?? patchIntegration;
+    const mergeBranchesFn = options.mergeBranches ?? mergeBranches;
+    const abortMergeFn = options.abortMerge ?? abortMerge;
+    const conflictedFilesFn = options.conflictedFiles ?? conflictedFiles;
+    const hasConflictMarkersFn = options.hasConflictMarkers ?? hasConflictMarkers;
+    const execFileFn = options.execFile ?? defaultExecFile;
+
+    const jobSlug = options.jobSlug ?? process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG;
+    const jobCwd = options.jobCwd ?? cwd;
+    const patchJobFn = options.patchJob ?? patchJob;
+    const checkpointPauseFn = options.checkpointPause ?? checkpointPause;
+    const pausePollIntervalMs = options.pausePollIntervalMs ?? 500;
+
+    const jobPatch = (fields) => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        patchJobFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, fields);
+    };
+    const jobCheckpoint = async () => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        await checkpointPauseFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, { pollIntervalMs: pausePollIntervalMs });
+    };
+
+    if (!options.AgentClass) {
+        ensureBinaryOnPath(backend.binary, options.agent);
+    }
+
+    const fanout = readFanoutFn(cwd, parentSlug);
+    if (!fanout) {
+        console.error(`Error: unknown parent ${parentSlug} (no fanout.json found)`);
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const integrationSlug = jobSlug ?? parentSlug;
+    const integrationDir = path.join(jobCwd, '.orch', integrationSlug);
+    const integrationMdPath = path.join(integrationDir, 'integration.md');
+    const logIntegration = (line) => {
+        fs.mkdirSync(integrationDir, { recursive: true });
+        fs.appendFileSync(integrationMdPath, `${line}\n`);
+    };
+
+    let merged = [...fanout.integration.merged];
+    let skipped = [...(fanout.integration.skipped ?? [])];
+
+    try {
+        fs.mkdirSync(integrationDir, { recursive: true });
+        fs.appendFileSync(integrationMdPath, `# Integration: ${parentSlug}\n\n`);
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'worktree', stage: 'worktree', round: null });
+
+        const reuseWorktreePath = `${cwd}-${parentSlug}`;
+        const expectedBranch = `orch/${parentSlug}`;
+        let worktree = null;
+
+        if (fs.existsSync(reuseWorktreePath)) {
+            const currentBranch = execFileFn('git', ['-C', reuseWorktreePath, 'rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD']).trim();
+            if (currentBranch === expectedBranch) {
+                worktree = { repoRoot: cwd, worktreePath: reuseWorktreePath, branch: expectedBranch };
+            }
+        }
+
+        const reused = Boolean(worktree);
+        if (!worktree) {
+            worktree = createWorktreeFn({ cwd, slug: parentSlug, base: fanout.base });
+        }
+
+        logIntegration(
+            reused
+                ? `- Reused existing worktree at \`${worktree.worktreePath}\` on \`${worktree.branch}\`.`
+                : `- Created worktree at \`${worktree.worktreePath}\` on \`${worktree.branch}\`.`,
+        );
+
+        jobPatch({ branch: worktree.branch, worktree: worktree.worktreePath });
+        patchIntegrationFn(cwd, parentSlug, (current) => ({
+            worktree: current.worktree ?? worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: current.branch ?? worktree.branch,
+        }));
+
+        let remaining = fanout.integration.candidates.filter(
+            (branch) => !merged.includes(branch) && !skipped.includes(branch),
+        );
+
+        while (remaining.length > 0) {
+            const results = mergeBranchesFn({
+                cwd: worktree.worktreePath,
+                candidates: remaining,
+                merged,
+                overlappingFiles: fanout.integration.overlappingFiles,
+                execFile: execFileFn,
+            });
+
+            for (const result of results) {
+                if (result.status === 'skipped') continue;
+
+                if (result.status === 'merged') {
+                    merged.push(result.branch);
+                    patchIntegrationFn(cwd, parentSlug, (current) => ({
+                        merged: [...current.merged, result.branch],
+                    }));
+                    logIntegration(`- Merged \`${result.branch}\` cleanly.`);
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // status === 'conflict'
+                logIntegration(`- Conflict merging \`${result.branch}\`; entering repair.`);
+                patchIntegrationFn(cwd, parentSlug, { state: 'repairing' });
+
+                const conflicted = conflictedFilesFn({ cwd: worktree.worktreePath, execFile: execFileFn });
+                const involvedWorkers = fanout.workers
+                    .filter((worker) => worker.branch === result.branch)
+                    .map(({ id, title, subtask, area }) => ({ id, title, subtask, area }));
+
+                jobPatch({ phase: 'integrate', stage: 'integrator', round: null });
+                const integratorArgs = integratorAgentArgs({
+                    prompt: `Resolve the merge conflict from combining \`${result.branch}\` into the integration branch for "${fanout.task}".`,
+                    cwd: worktree.worktreePath,
+                    conflictedFiles: conflicted,
+                    mergeOutput: result.output,
+                    involvedWorkers,
+                });
+                const integratorAgent = new AgentClass(
+                    'integrator',
+                    integratorArgs.instructions,
+                    integratorArgs.prompt,
+                    integratorArgs.options,
+                );
+
+                let integratorOk = false;
+                try {
+                    const integratorOut = await integratorAgent.run({ verbose });
+                    await jobCheckpoint();
+                    const { summary: integratorSummary } = splitStageSummary(integratorOut.result);
+                    printStageSummary('integrator', integratorSummary);
+                    integratorOk = Boolean(integratorOut.ok);
+                } catch (err) {
+                    logIntegration(`- Integrator agent errored: ${err.message}`);
+                    integratorOk = false;
+                }
+
+                const stillConflicted = integratorOk
+                    ? hasConflictMarkersFn({ cwd: worktree.worktreePath, execFile: execFileFn })
+                    : true;
+
+                if (!stillConflicted) {
+                    execFileFn('git', ['-C', worktree.worktreePath, 'commit']);
+                    merged.push(result.branch);
+                    patchIntegrationFn(cwd, parentSlug, (current) => ({
+                        merged: [...current.merged, result.branch],
+                    }));
+                    logIntegration(`- Integrator resolved conflicts in \`${result.branch}\`; merge completed.`);
+                } else {
+                    abortMergeFn({ cwd: worktree.worktreePath, execFile: execFileFn });
+                    skipped.push(result.branch);
+                    patchIntegrationFn(cwd, parentSlug, (current) => ({
+                        skipped: [...(current.skipped ?? []), result.branch],
+                    }));
+                    logIntegration(`- Conflicts in \`${result.branch}\` remained unresolved; aborted merge and skipped.`);
+                }
+            }
+
+            remaining = remaining.slice(results.length);
+        }
+
+        // --- runner-first verify loop: test-runner first, code-writer only on failure ---
+        const codeAccepted = await runCodeLoop({
+            prompt: fanout.task,
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: worktree.branch,
+            taskPath: path.join(integrationDir, 'task.md'),
+            statusPath: integrationMdPath,
+            maxRounds,
+            AgentClass,
+            verbose,
+            jobPatch,
+            jobCheckpoint,
+            acceptedVerification: '',
+            runnerFirst: true,
+            loopTitle: 'Verify loop',
+        });
+
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'commit', stage: 'commit', round: null });
+        const message = `orch: ${parentSlug} ${fanout.task.split('\n')[0]}`;
+        const commitResult = commitWorktreeFn({
+            worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+            branch: `orch/${parentSlug}`,
+            message,
+        });
+
+        logIntegration(
+            commitResult.committed
+                ? `- Committed \`${commitResult.sha}\` on \`${commitResult.branch}\`.`
+                : `- No changes to commit on \`${commitResult.branch}\`.`,
+        );
+
+        patchIntegrationFn(cwd, parentSlug, {
+            state: 'done',
+            sha: commitResult.sha,
+            merged,
+            skipped,
+        });
+        patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+            state: 'done',
+            exitCode: 0,
+            summary: codeAccepted?.verdict?.summary ?? '',
+            error: null,
+            task: fanout.task,
+        });
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+        try {
+            logIntegration(`- Error: ${err.message}`);
+        } catch {
+            // Best-effort: don't let a log write failure mask the real error.
+        }
+        try {
+            patchIntegrationFn(cwd, parentSlug, { state: 'failed', merged, skipped });
+        } catch {
+            // Best-effort: don't let a fanout-state write failure mask the real error.
+        }
+        if (jobSlug) {
+            try {
+                patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+                    state: 'failed',
+                    exitCode: 1,
+                    summary: '',
+                    error: err.message,
+                    task: fanout?.task,
+                });
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort: don't let a job-state write failure mask the real error.
+            }
+        }
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
+}
+
+function sleep(ms) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
+
+/** Sentinel thrown by the coordinator's scheduling loop when a SIGINT/SIGTERM/SIGHUP
+ * cascade fires mid-flight, so the pending awaits unwind without a second exit call. */
+class FanoutInterrupted extends Error {}
+
+/**
+ * SIGINT/SIGHUP/SIGTERM cascade: reads `fanout.json`, resolves every worker's and the
+ * integration session's own pid via its `run.json`, filters through `isPidAlive`, and
+ * SIGTERMs each live one. Never touches worktrees. Composes with (does not replace)
+ * `lib/agent.js`'s existing `shutdown()` — the coordinator's own signal handling calls
+ * both this and the normal in-process agent-CLI reaping.
+ */
+export function cascadeStopFanoutChildren(cwd, parentSlug, { kill = (pid, signal) => process.kill(pid, signal), isPidAlive: isPidAliveFn = isPidAlive } = {}) {
+    const fanout = readFanout(cwd, parentSlug);
+    if (!fanout) return;
+
+    const slugs = fanout.workers.filter((worker) => worker.slug).map((worker) => worker.slug);
+    if (fanout.integration?.slug) slugs.push(fanout.integration.slug);
+
+    for (const slug of slugs) {
+        const record = readJob(cwd, slug);
+        if (!record) continue;
+        if (isPidAliveFn(record.pid)) {
+            kill(record.pid, 'SIGTERM');
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * CLI / management cascade stop: SIGTERM the parent pid if alive, then every
+ * live child pid (via `cascadeStopFanoutChildren`). The coordinator signal
+ * handler keeps calling the child-only helper so it does not re-signal itself.
+ */
+export function cascadeStop(cwd, parentSlug, { kill = (pid, signal) => process.kill(pid, signal), isPidAlive: isPidAliveFn = isPidAlive } = {}) {
+    const parent = readJob(cwd, parentSlug);
+    if (parent && isPidAliveFn(parent.pid)) {
+        kill(parent.pid, 'SIGTERM');
+    }
+    cascadeStopFanoutChildren(cwd, parentSlug, { kill, isPidAlive: isPidAliveFn });
+}
+
+/**
+ * The `--fan-out` coordinator: triage → boundaries → decompose → schedule workers →
+ * overlap detection → spawn integrate → report. Never creates its own worktree or runs
+ * implementer stages itself — those only happen on the decline path (today's
+ * single-worktree pipeline, reusing `runTestLoop`/`runCodeLoop`) or inside spawned
+ * children. See `.spec/fanout-3-coordinator.md` and `.spec/fanout.md`.
+ */
+export async function runFanoutPipeline(prompt, options = {}) {
+    const verbose = Boolean(options.verbose);
+    const maxRounds = options.maxRounds ?? 5;
+    const maxWorkers = options.maxWorkers ?? 4;
+    const maxConcurrency = options.maxConcurrency ?? null;
+    const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[options.agent];
+    if (!backend) {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown agent backend: ${options.agent}`);
+    }
+    const AgentClass = options.AgentClass ?? backend.AgentClass;
+    const invocationCwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd();
+
+    const createRunContextFn = options.createRunContext ?? createRunContext;
+    const createWorktreeFn = options.createWorktree ?? createWorktree;
+    const commitWorktreeFn = options.commitWorktree ?? commitWorktree;
+    const collectWorktreeChangesFn = options.collectWorktreeChanges ?? collectWorktreeChanges;
+    const spawnFn = options.spawn ?? spawn;
+    const execFileFn = options.execFile ?? defaultExecFile;
+    const allocateJobFn = options.allocateJob ?? allocateJob;
+    const reconcileJobFn = options.reconcileJob ?? reconcileJob;
+    const readFanoutFn = options.readFanout ?? readFanout;
+    const writeFanoutFn = options.writeFanout ?? writeFanout;
+    const patchWorkerFn = options.patchWorker ?? patchWorker;
+    const patchIntegrationFn = options.patchIntegration ?? patchIntegration;
+    const exitFn = options.exit ?? ((code) => process.exit(code));
+    const pollIntervalMs = options.pollIntervalMs ?? 500;
+
+    const jobSlug = options.jobSlug ?? process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG;
+    const jobCwd = options.jobCwd ?? invocationCwd;
+    const patchJobFn = options.patchJob ?? patchJob;
+    const checkpointPauseFn = options.checkpointPause ?? checkpointPause;
+    const pausePollIntervalMs = options.pausePollIntervalMs ?? 500;
+
+    const jobPatch = (fields) => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        patchJobFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, fields);
+    };
+    const jobCheckpoint = async () => {
+        if (!jobSlug) return;
+        await checkpointPauseFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, { pollIntervalMs: pausePollIntervalMs });
+    };
+
+    if (!options.AgentClass) {
+        ensureBinaryOnPath(backend.binary, options.agent);
+    }
+
+    console.log(`cwd:   ${invocationCwd}`);
+    console.log(`agent: ${options.agent}`);
+    console.log();
+
+    let interrupted = false;
+    const onSignal = (signal) => {
+        interrupted = true;
+        try {
+            cascadeStopFanoutChildren(invocationCwd, jobSlug);
+        } catch {
+            // Best-effort: never let the cascade itself block shutdown.
+        }
+        if (jobSlug) {
+            try {
+                const exitCode = exitCodeForSignal(signal);
+                const finishedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+                patchJobFn(jobCwd, jobSlug, (current) => ({
+                    state: 'stopped',
+                    exitCode,
+                    finishedAt,
+                    lastOutcome: buildLastOutcome({
+                        state: 'stopped',
+                        phase: current.phase,
+                        stage: current.stage,
+                        round: current.round,
+                        exitCode,
+                        finishedAt,
+                        task: prompt,
+                        summary: '',
+                        error: null,
+                    }),
+                }));
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort: don't let a job-state write failure block shutdown.
+            }
+        }
+        exitFn(exitCodeForSignal(signal));
+    };
+    process.on('SIGINT', () => onSignal('SIGINT'));
+    process.on('SIGTERM', () => onSignal('SIGTERM'));
+    process.on('SIGHUP', () => onSignal('SIGHUP'));
+
+    try {
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'triage', stage: 'triage', round: null });
+        const triage = triageAgentArgs({ prompt, cwd: invocationCwd });
+        const triageAgent = new AgentClass(triage.name, triage.instructions, triage.prompt, triage.options);
+        const triageResult = await triageAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { content: triageContent, summary: triageSummary } = splitStageSummary(triageResult.result);
+        printStageSummary('triage', triageSummary);
+        const parsed = parseTriageJson(triageContent);
+
+        if (parsed?.simple === true) {
+            console.log('triage: simple — fan-out skipped (quick-fix)');
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'quick-fix', stage: 'quick-fix', round: null });
+            const quickFix = quickFixAgentArgs({ prompt, cwd: invocationCwd, fix_plan: parsed.fix_plan });
+            const quickFixTracker = new FileTracker({ cwd: invocationCwd });
+            const quickFixAgent = new AgentClass(
+                quickFix.name,
+                quickFix.instructions,
+                quickFix.prompt,
+                { ...quickFix.options, fileTracker: quickFixTracker },
+            );
+            const quickFixResult = await quickFixAgent.run({ verbose });
+            await jobCheckpoint();
+            const { summary: quickFixSummary } = splitStageSummary(quickFixResult.result);
+            printStageSummary('quick-fix', quickFixSummary, quickFixTracker.getFiles());
+            jobPatch({ state: 'done', exitCode: 0, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
+            exitFn(0);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        console.log('triage: complex — fan-out requested');
+
+        // --- boundaries: partitionability research only, runs exactly once ---
+        const boundariesPath = path.join(jobCwd, '.orch', jobSlug, 'boundaries.md');
+        jobPatch({ phase: 'boundaries', stage: 'boundaries', round: null });
+        const boundaries = boundariesAgentArgs({ prompt, cwd: invocationCwd, boundariesPath });
+        const boundariesAgent = new AgentClass(boundaries.name, boundaries.instructions, boundaries.prompt, boundaries.options);
+        const boundariesResult = await boundariesAgent.run({ verbose });
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const { content: boundariesOutput, summary: boundariesSummary } = splitStageSummary(boundariesResult.result);
+        printStageSummary('boundaries', boundariesSummary);
+        console.log(`boundaries: ${boundariesSummary || 'done'}`);
+
+        // --- decomposer: up to two repair round-trips on validation failure ---
+        let feedback;
+        let decision = null;
+        for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= 3; attempt += 1) {
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'decompose', stage: 'decomposer', round: attempt });
+            const decomposer = decomposerAgentArgs({
+                prompt, cwd: invocationCwd, boundariesOutput, maxWorkers, feedback,
+            });
+            const decomposerAgent = new AgentClass(decomposer.name, decomposer.instructions, decomposer.prompt, decomposer.options);
+            const decomposerResult = await decomposerAgent.run({ verbose });
+            await jobCheckpoint();
+            const { content: decomposerContent, summary: decomposerSummary } = splitStageSummary(decomposerResult.result);
+            printStageSummary('decomposer', decomposerSummary);
+
+            const parsedDecomposition = parseDecomposition(decomposerContent);
+            if (!parsedDecomposition) {
+                feedback = ['decomposer output was not valid JSON'];
+                if (attempt === 3) decision = { decline: true, why: 'decomposer did not return valid JSON after repair attempts' };
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (parsedDecomposition.decomposable === false) {
+                decision = { decline: true, why: parsedDecomposition.why };
+                break;
+            }
+
+            const violations = validateDecomposition(parsedDecomposition, { maxWorkers });
+            if (violations.length === 0) {
+                decision = { decline: false, decomposition: parsedDecomposition };
+                break;
+            }
+            feedback = violations;
+            if (attempt === 3) {
+                decision = { decline: true, why: `decomposition still invalid after repairs: ${violations.join('; ')}` };
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (decision.decline) {
+            console.log(`decomposer: declined — ${decision.why}`);
+            console.log('falling through to the single-worktree pipeline');
+
+            const runContext = createRunContextFn(jobSlug ? { cwd: invocationCwd, slug: jobSlug } : { cwd: invocationCwd });
+
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'research', stage: 'research', round: null });
+            const research = researchAgentArgs({ prompt, cwd: invocationCwd, researchPath: runContext.researchPath });
+            const researchAgent = new AgentClass(research.name, research.instructions, research.prompt, research.options);
+            const researchResult = await researchAgent.run({ verbose });
+            await jobCheckpoint();
+            const { content: researchContent, summary: researchSummary } = splitStageSummary(researchResult.result);
+            printStageSummary('research', researchSummary);
+
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'plan', stage: 'planner', round: null });
+            const planner = plannerAgentArgs({
+                prompt, cwd: invocationCwd, researchPath: runContext.researchPath, taskPath: runContext.taskPath, researchOutput: researchContent,
+            });
+            const plannerAgent = new AgentClass(planner.name, planner.instructions, planner.prompt, planner.options);
+            const plannerResult = await plannerAgent.run({ verbose });
+            await jobCheckpoint();
+            const { summary: plannerSummary } = splitStageSummary(plannerResult.result);
+            printStageSummary('planner', plannerSummary);
+
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'worktree', stage: 'worktree', round: null });
+            const worktree = createWorktreeFn({ cwd: invocationCwd, slug: runContext.slug });
+            jobPatch({ branch: worktree.branch, worktree: worktree.worktreePath });
+
+            fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(runContext.statusPath), { recursive: true });
+            fs.writeFileSync(
+                runContext.statusPath,
+                `# Status\n\n- Slug: \`${runContext.slug}\`\n- Branch: \`${worktree.branch}\`\n- Worktree: \`${worktree.worktreePath}\`\n`,
+            );
+
+            const testAccepted = await runTestLoop({
+                prompt,
+                worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+                branch: worktree.branch,
+                taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+                statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
+                maxRounds,
+                AgentClass,
+                verbose,
+                jobPatch,
+                jobCheckpoint,
+            });
+
+            const acceptedVerification = [testAccepted.verdict.summary, testAccepted.writerContent].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
+
+            await runCodeLoop({
+                prompt,
+                worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath,
+                branch: worktree.branch,
+                taskPath: runContext.taskPath,
+                statusPath: runContext.statusPath,
+                maxRounds,
+                AgentClass,
+                verbose,
+                jobPatch,
+                jobCheckpoint,
+                acceptedVerification,
+            });
+
+            jobPatch({ phase: 'commit', stage: 'commit', round: null });
+            const message = `orch: ${runContext.slug} ${prompt.split('\n')[0]}`;
+            const worktreeChanges = collectWorktreeChangesFn({ worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath });
+            printFilesChanged(worktreeChanges);
+            const commitResult = commitWorktreeFn({ worktreePath: worktree.worktreePath, branch: worktree.branch, message });
+
+            if (commitResult.committed) {
+                fs.appendFileSync(
+                    runContext.statusPath,
+                    `\n## Commit\n\n- SHA: \`${commitResult.sha}\`\n- Branch: \`${commitResult.branch}\`\n`,
+                );
+                console.log(`commit: ${commitResult.sha.slice(0, 7)} on ${commitResult.branch}`);
+                console.log(`merge:  git merge ${commitResult.branch}`);
+            } else {
+                fs.appendFileSync(
+                    runContext.statusPath,
+                    `\n## Commit\n\n- No changes to commit on \`${commitResult.branch}\`.\n`,
+                );
+                console.log(`commit: no changes on ${commitResult.branch}`);
+            }
+
+            jobPatch({ state: 'done', exitCode: 0, finishedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
+            exitFn(0);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // --- validated: bootstrap fanout.json, never give the coordinator a worktree ---
+        const { decomposition } = decision;
+        const base = execFileFn('git', ['-C', invocationCwd, 'rev-parse', 'HEAD']).trim();
+
+        const workers = decomposition.workers.map((worker) => ({
+            id: worker.id,
+            title: worker.title,
+            subtask: worker.scaffold ? ensureScaffoldSubtask(worker.subtask) : worker.subtask,
+            area: worker.area,
+            owns: worker.owns ?? [],
+            dependsOn: worker.dependsOn ?? [],
+            scaffold: Boolean(worker.scaffold),
+            slug: null,
+            branch: null,
+            state: 'pending',
+            sha: null,
+            changedFiles: [],
+            overlaps: [],
+        }));
+
+        writeFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, {
+            parentSlug: jobSlug,
+            task: prompt,
+            base,
+            maxWorkers,
+            maxConcurrency,
+            concurrency: workers.length,
+            state: 'running',
+            workers,
+            integration: {
+                slug: null,
+                pid: null,
+                branch: null,
+                worktree: null,
+                candidates: [],
+                merged: [],
+                skipped: [],
+                overlappingFiles: [],
+                state: 'pending',
+                sha: null,
+            },
+            startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+            finishedAt: null,
+        });
+
+        console.log(`decomposer: split into ${workers.length} worker${workers.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}`);
+
+        const spawnWorkerChild = (worker) => {
+            const siblingTitles = workers.filter((w) => w.id !== worker.id).map((w) => w.title).filter(Boolean);
+            const envelope = buildWorkerEnvelope({
+                subtask: worker.subtask, area: worker.area, scaffold: worker.scaffold, siblingTitles,
+            });
+            const workerPrompt = `${worker.subtask}\n\n${envelope}`;
+
+            const { slug: workerSlug } = allocateJobFn({
+                cwd: invocationCwd,
+                prompt: workerPrompt,
+                agent: options.agent,
+                maxRounds,
+                state: 'starting',
+                parent: jobSlug,
+                role: 'worker',
+                workerId: worker.id,
+            });
+            patchWorkerFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, worker.id, {
+                slug: workerSlug,
+                branch: `orch/${workerSlug}`,
+                state: 'running',
+            });
+
+            const { logPath } = jobPaths(invocationCwd, workerSlug);
+            const logFd = fs.openSync(logPath, 'a');
+            const childArgs = [
+                __filename, workerPrompt,
+                '--agent', options.agent,
+                '--max-rounds', String(maxRounds),
+                '--worker', `${jobSlug}:${worker.id}`,
+            ];
+            const child = spawnFn(process.execPath, childArgs, {
+                cwd: invocationCwd,
+                env: { ...process.env, ORCH_JOB_SLUG: workerSlug, ORCH_DETACHED: '1', ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH: '1' },
+                detached: true,
+                stdio: ['ignore', logFd, logFd],
+            });
+            child.unref();
+            patchJobFn(invocationCwd, workerSlug, { pid: child.pid, state: 'running' });
+            console.log(`[${worker.id} ${workerSlug}] running`);
+            return workerSlug;
+        };
+
+        // A worker child self-patches its fanout.json entry to 'done'/'failed' the moment it
+        // finishes (see runWorkerPipeline) — that is the primary settlement signal. reconcileJob
+        // (dead-pid detection) is only consulted once a worker has been in-flight past a grace
+        // period, so a worker that simply hasn't self-reported yet is never mistaken for a crash.
+        const CRASH_CHECK_GRACE_MS = Math.max(pollIntervalMs * 10, 200);
+
+        const settleWorker = (workerId, workerSlug, spawnedAt) => {
+            const fanoutWorker = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).workers.find((w) => w.id === workerId);
+            if (fanoutWorker.state === 'done' || fanoutWorker.state === 'failed') {
+                console.log(`[${workerId} ${workerSlug}] ${fanoutWorker.state}`);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (Date.now() - spawnedAt < CRASH_CHECK_GRACE_MS) return false;
+
+            const record = reconcileJobFn(invocationCwd, workerSlug, readJob(invocationCwd, workerSlug));
+            if (!TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(record.state)) return false;
+
+            if (fanoutWorker.state !== 'done' && fanoutWorker.state !== 'failed') {
+                patchWorkerFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, workerId, { state: 'failed' });
+            }
+            console.log(`[${workerId} ${workerSlug}] failed`);
+            return true;
+        };
+
+        /** Spawns up to `concurrency` of `workerIds` at a time, polling to terminal state.
+         * Honors `jobCheckpoint` before each spawn and on each poll tick; while paused does
+         * not spawn or advance. Re-attaches to still-live children instead of re-spawning;
+         * skips workers already `done`/`failed`/`skipped`. */
+        const runWorkerGroup = async (workerIds, concurrency) => {
+            const byId = new Map(workers.map((w) => [w.id, w]));
+            const pending = [...workerIds];
+            const active = new Map();
+
+            while (pending.length > 0 || active.size > 0) {
+                while (active.size < concurrency && pending.length > 0) {
+                    await jobCheckpoint();
+                    if (interrupted) throw new FanoutInterrupted();
+
+                    const id = pending.shift();
+                    const fanoutWorker = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).workers.find((w) => w.id === id);
+
+                    if (fanoutWorker && ['done', 'failed', 'skipped'].includes(fanoutWorker.state)) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    if (fanoutWorker?.slug) {
+                        const existing = readJob(invocationCwd, fanoutWorker.slug);
+                        if (existing && !TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(existing.state)) {
+                            // Re-attach to a still-live child — do not spawn a duplicate.
+                            active.set(id, { workerSlug: fanoutWorker.slug, spawnedAt: Date.now() });
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        if (existing && TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(existing.state)) {
+                            if (fanoutWorker.state !== 'done' && fanoutWorker.state !== 'failed') {
+                                patchWorkerFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, id, { state: 'failed' });
+                            }
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    // Spawn only still-pending workers (no slug / not live or terminal).
+                    const workerSlug = spawnWorkerChild(byId.get(id));
+                    active.set(id, { workerSlug, spawnedAt: Date.now() });
+                }
+                if (active.size === 0) break;
+
+                await sleep(pollIntervalMs);
+                if (interrupted) throw new FanoutInterrupted();
+                await jobCheckpoint();
+
+                for (const [id, { workerSlug, spawnedAt }] of [...active]) {
+                    if (settleWorker(id, workerSlug, spawnedAt)) active.delete(id);
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        const scaffoldWorker = workers.find((w) => w.scaffold);
+        let aborted = false;
+
+        if (scaffoldWorker) {
+            await runWorkerGroup([scaffoldWorker.id], 1);
+            const scaffoldEntry = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).workers.find((w) => w.id === scaffoldWorker.id);
+            if (scaffoldEntry.state === 'done') {
+                const current = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug);
+                writeFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, { ...current, base: scaffoldEntry.sha });
+                console.log(`[${scaffoldWorker.id}] done — base updated to ${scaffoldEntry.sha.slice(0, 7)}`);
+            } else {
+                aborted = true;
+                for (const worker of workers) {
+                    if (worker.id === scaffoldWorker.id) continue;
+                    patchWorkerFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, worker.id, { state: 'skipped' });
+                }
+                console.log('scaffold worker failed; aborting fan-out before any parallel worker spawns');
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!aborted) {
+            const remaining = workers.filter((w) => !scaffoldWorker || w.id !== scaffoldWorker.id);
+            const forLayering = remaining.map((w) => ({
+                ...w,
+                dependsOn: (w.dependsOn || []).filter((dep) => !scaffoldWorker || dep !== scaffoldWorker.id),
+            }));
+            const layers = planLayers(forLayering);
+
+            for (const layerIds of layers) {
+                if (interrupted) throw new FanoutInterrupted();
+                const currentDoc = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug);
+                const byId = new Map(workers.map((w) => [w.id, w]));
+                const toRun = [];
+                for (const id of layerIds) {
+                    const worker = byId.get(id);
+                    const depFailed = (worker.dependsOn || []).some(
+                        (dep) => currentDoc.workers.find((w) => w.id === dep)?.state === 'failed',
+                    );
+                    if (depFailed) {
+                        patchWorkerFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, id, { state: 'skipped' });
+                        console.log(`[${id}] skipped — dependency failed`);
+                    } else {
+                        toRun.push(id);
+                    }
+                }
+                if (toRun.length === 0) continue;
+
+                const concurrency = chooseConcurrency({ layerSize: toRun.length, maxConcurrency });
+                const currentForConcurrency = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug);
+                writeFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, { ...currentForConcurrency, concurrency });
+                console.log(`schedule: concurrency ${concurrency}`);
+
+                await runWorkerGroup(toRun, concurrency);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // --- overlap detection + integration candidates ---
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const settledDoc = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug);
+        const overlapUnion = detectOverlaps(settledDoc.workers);
+        for (const worker of settledDoc.workers) {
+            if (worker.overlaps && worker.overlaps.length > 0) {
+                patchWorkerFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, worker.id, { overlaps: worker.overlaps });
+            }
+        }
+        console.log(`overlaps: ${overlapUnion.length > 0 ? overlapUnion.join(', ') : 'none'}`);
+
+        const doneWorkers = settledDoc.workers.filter((w) => w.state === 'done');
+        const failedWorkers = settledDoc.workers.filter((w) => w.state === 'failed');
+        patchIntegrationFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, {
+            candidates: doneWorkers.map((w) => w.branch),
+            overlappingFiles: overlapUnion,
+        });
+
+        let integrationDone = false;
+        await jobCheckpoint();
+        const integrationGate = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).integration;
+        const integrationAlreadyDone = integrationGate?.state === 'done';
+        let integrationSlug = integrationGate?.slug ?? null;
+        let integrationLive = false;
+        if (integrationSlug && !integrationAlreadyDone) {
+            const existingIntegrate = readJob(invocationCwd, integrationSlug);
+            integrationLive = Boolean(existingIntegrate && !TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(existingIntegrate.state));
+        }
+
+        if (integrationAlreadyDone) {
+            integrationDone = true;
+            console.log(`[integrate ${integrationSlug ?? 'done'}] already done — skipping spawn`);
+        } else if (integrationLive) {
+            // Re-attach to an already-live integrate child; do not spawn a duplicate.
+            console.log(`[integrate ${integrationSlug}] re-attached`);
+            const integrateSpawnedAt = Date.now();
+            for (;;) {
+                await sleep(pollIntervalMs);
+                if (interrupted) throw new FanoutInterrupted();
+                await jobCheckpoint();
+
+                const integrationState = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).integration.state;
+                if (integrationState === 'done') { integrationDone = true; break; }
+                if (integrationState === 'failed') break;
+
+                if (Date.now() - integrateSpawnedAt < CRASH_CHECK_GRACE_MS) continue;
+                const record = reconcileJobFn(invocationCwd, integrationSlug, readJob(invocationCwd, integrationSlug));
+                if (TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(record.state)) {
+                    if (record.state === 'done') integrationDone = true;
+                    else patchIntegrationFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, (current) => (current.state === 'done' ? {} : { state: 'failed' }));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            const finalIntegration = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).integration;
+            if (finalIntegration.state === 'done' && finalIntegration.sha) {
+                console.log(`[integrate ${integrationSlug}] merged ${doneWorkers.length} branch${doneWorkers.length === 1 ? '' : 'es'}`);
+                console.log(`commit: ${finalIntegration.sha.slice(0, 7)} on ${finalIntegration.branch ?? `orch/${jobSlug}`}`);
+                console.log(`merge:  git merge ${finalIntegration.branch ?? `orch/${jobSlug}`}`);
+            } else {
+                console.log(`[integrate ${integrationSlug}] failed`);
+            }
+        } else if (doneWorkers.length > 0) {
+            const envelope = buildIntegrationEnvelope({
+                task: prompt,
+                branches: doneWorkers.map((w) => w.branch),
+                overlappingFiles: overlapUnion,
+            });
+
+            const allocated = allocateJobFn({
+                cwd: invocationCwd,
+                prompt: envelope,
+                agent: options.agent,
+                maxRounds,
+                state: 'starting',
+                parent: jobSlug,
+                role: 'integration',
+            });
+            integrationSlug = allocated.slug;
+            patchIntegrationFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, { slug: integrationSlug });
+
+            const { logPath } = jobPaths(invocationCwd, integrationSlug);
+            const logFd = fs.openSync(logPath, 'a');
+            const childArgs = [
+                __filename, envelope,
+                '--agent', options.agent,
+                '--max-rounds', String(maxRounds),
+                '--integrate', jobSlug,
+            ];
+            const child = spawnFn(process.execPath, childArgs, {
+                cwd: invocationCwd,
+                env: { ...process.env, ORCH_JOB_SLUG: integrationSlug, ORCH_DETACHED: '1', ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH: '1' },
+                detached: true,
+                stdio: ['ignore', logFd, logFd],
+            });
+            child.unref();
+            patchJobFn(invocationCwd, integrationSlug, { pid: child.pid, state: 'running' });
+            patchIntegrationFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, { pid: child.pid });
+            console.log(`[integrate ${integrationSlug}] running`);
+
+            const integrateSpawnedAt = Date.now();
+            for (;;) {
+                await sleep(pollIntervalMs);
+                if (interrupted) throw new FanoutInterrupted();
+                await jobCheckpoint();
+
+                const integrationState = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).integration.state;
+                if (integrationState === 'done') { integrationDone = true; break; }
+                if (integrationState === 'failed') break;
+
+                if (Date.now() - integrateSpawnedAt < CRASH_CHECK_GRACE_MS) continue;
+                const record = reconcileJobFn(invocationCwd, integrationSlug, readJob(invocationCwd, integrationSlug));
+                if (TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(record.state)) {
+                    if (record.state === 'done') integrationDone = true;
+                    else patchIntegrationFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, (current) => (current.state === 'done' ? {} : { state: 'failed' }));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            const finalIntegration = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug).integration;
+            if (finalIntegration.state === 'done' && finalIntegration.sha) {
+                console.log(`[integrate ${integrationSlug}] merged ${doneWorkers.length} branch${doneWorkers.length === 1 ? '' : 'es'}`);
+                console.log(`commit: ${finalIntegration.sha.slice(0, 7)} on ${finalIntegration.branch ?? `orch/${jobSlug}`}`);
+                console.log(`merge:  git merge ${finalIntegration.branch ?? `orch/${jobSlug}`}`);
+            } else {
+                console.log(`[integrate ${integrationSlug}] failed`);
+            }
+        } else {
+            console.log('no worker reached done; skipping integration');
+        }
+
+        const finalDoc = readFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug);
+        const success = failedWorkers.length === 0 && integrationDone && Boolean(finalDoc.integration.sha);
+        writeFanoutFn(invocationCwd, jobSlug, {
+            ...finalDoc,
+            state: success ? 'done' : 'failed',
+            finishedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+        });
+
+        if (failedWorkers.length > 0) {
+            console.log(`${failedWorkers.length} worker${failedWorkers.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} failed: ${failedWorkers.map((w) => w.id).join(', ')}`);
+            console.log(`retry integration after fixing it: orch --integrate ${jobSlug}`);
+        }
+
+        const finishedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+        const summary = success
+            ? `fan-out complete: ${doneWorkers.length} worker${doneWorkers.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} integrated`
+            : (failedWorkers.length > 0
+                ? `${failedWorkers.length} worker(s) failed`
+                : 'fan-out failed');
+        patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+            state: success ? 'done' : 'failed',
+            exitCode: success ? 0 : 1,
+            summary,
+            error: success ? null : summary,
+            task: prompt,
+        });
+        exitFn(success ? 0 : 1);
+    } catch (err) {
+        if (err instanceof FanoutInterrupted) return;
+        console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+        if (jobSlug) {
+            try {
+                patchTerminalJob(patchJobFn, jobCwd, jobSlug, {
+                    state: 'failed',
+                    exitCode: 1,
+                    summary: '',
+                    error: err.message,
+                    task: prompt,
+                });
+            } catch {
+                // Best-effort: don't let a job-state write failure mask the real error.
+            }
+        }
+        exitFn(1);
+    }
+}
+
+/** Splits `--worker`'s `<parent-slug>:<worker-id>` value on the first colon. */
+function splitParentWorker(value) {
+    const idx = value.indexOf(':');
+    if (idx === -1) return { parentSlug: null, workerId: null };
+    return { parentSlug: value.slice(0, idx), workerId: value.slice(idx + 1) };
+}
+
+/** CLI glue for `--worker`: resolves the parent fan-out/worker record, builds the worker
+ * envelope, allocates (or reuses) the job record, then calls `runWorkerPipeline`. */
+async function runWorkerFromCli(options) {
+    const cwd = process.cwd();
+    const { parentSlug, workerId } = splitParentWorker(options.worker);
+    if (!parentSlug || !workerId) {
+        console.error(`Error: --worker must be in the form <parent-slug>:<worker-id>, got "${options.worker}"`);
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH guards against a future --fan-out spawning nested fan-outs.
+    process.env.ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH = '1';
+
+    const fanout = readFanout(cwd, parentSlug);
+    if (!fanout) {
+        console.error(`Error: unknown parent ${parentSlug} (no fanout.json found)`);
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const worker = fanout.workers.find((w) => w.id === workerId);
+    if (!worker) {
+        console.error(`Error: unknown worker ${workerId} in ${parentSlug}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const siblingTitles = fanout.workers
+        .filter((w) => w.id !== workerId)
+        .map((w) => w.title)
+        .filter(Boolean);
+    const envelope = buildWorkerEnvelope({
+        subtask: worker.subtask,
+        area: worker.area,
+        scaffold: worker.scaffold,
+        siblingTitles,
+    });
+    const workerPrompt = `${worker.subtask}\n\n${envelope}`;
+
+    let jobSlug = process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG;
+    if (!jobSlug) {
+        const alloc = allocateJob({
+            cwd,
+            prompt: workerPrompt,
+            agent: options.agent,
+            maxRounds: options.maxRounds,
+            state: 'running',
+            pid: process.pid,
+            parent: parentSlug,
+            role: 'worker',
+            workerId,
+        });
+        jobSlug = alloc.slug;
+    }
+    setJobSlug(jobSlug);
+
+    await runWorkerPipeline(workerPrompt, {
+        agent: options.agent,
+        maxRounds: options.maxRounds,
+        verbose: options.verbose,
+        cwd,
+        parentSlug,
+        workerId,
+        base: fanout.base,
+        jobSlug,
+        jobCwd: cwd,
+    });
+}
+
+/** CLI glue for `--integrate`: resolves the parent fan-out, allocates (or reuses) the
+ * integration job record, then calls `runIntegratePipeline`. */
+async function runIntegrateFromCli(options) {
+    const cwd = process.cwd();
+    const parentSlug = options.integrate;
+
+    // ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH guards against a future --fan-out spawning nested fan-outs.
+    process.env.ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH = '1';
+
+    const fanout = readFanout(cwd, parentSlug);
+    if (!fanout) {
+        console.error(`Error: unknown parent ${parentSlug} (no fanout.json found)`);
+        process.exit(1);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let jobSlug = process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG;
+    if (!jobSlug) {
+        const alloc = allocateJob({
+            cwd,
+            prompt: fanout.task,
+            agent: options.agent,
+            maxRounds: options.maxRounds,
+            state: 'running',
+            pid: process.pid,
+            parent: parentSlug,
+            role: 'integration',
+        });
+        jobSlug = alloc.slug;
+    }
+    setJobSlug(jobSlug);
+
+    await runIntegratePipeline({
+        agent: options.agent,
+        maxRounds: options.maxRounds,
+        verbose: options.verbose,
+        cwd,
+        parentSlug,
+        jobSlug,
+        jobCwd: cwd,
+    });
+}
+
+/** Commander option parser shared by `--max-rounds`, `--max-workers`, and `--max-concurrency`. */
+function positiveIntParser(flagName) {
+    return (value) => {
+        const n = Number.parseInt(value, 10);
+        if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n < 1) {
+            throw new Error(`${flagName} must be a positive integer`);
+        }
+        return n;
+    };
+}
+
+/** Resolve the effective agent (CLI > local > global > cursor) or exit 1. */
+function resolveAgentOrExit(cliAgent, cwd = process.cwd()) {
+    try {
+        return resolveAgent({ cliAgent, cwd });
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+        process.exit(1);
+        return undefined;
+    }
+}
+
+const program = new Command();
+
+program
+    .name('orch')
+    .version(version)
+    .description('The Orchestrator: triage → research → plan → implement pipeline against a task')
+    .argument('<task...>', 'Task description to use as the prompt (mention a file path and the agent will read it)')
+    .option('-v, --verbose', 'Stream agent thinking/output deltas to stderr as the pipeline runs')
+    .option('--dry-run', 'Check that the selected agent CLI is on PATH and exit; do not run the pipeline')
+    .option('--ask', 'Ask a read-only question about the codebase; print the reply and exit (skips triage and all write pipelines)')
+    .option('--quick', 'Skip triage, run quick-fix directly in the current working tree; create no artifacts, worktrees, or commits')
+    .option('--detach', 'Run the pipeline in the background and return immediately; manage it with orch list/status/pause/resume/stop/logs. Cannot be combined with --ask, --quick, or --dry-run')
+    .option('--max-rounds <n>', 'Max writer⇄critic and writer⇄runner iterations per implementer loop (ignored with --ask and --quick)', positiveIntParser('--max-rounds'), 5)
+    .option('--fan-out', 'Decompose the task into parallel workers coordinated by this process (see README Fan-out section). Cannot be combined with --ask, --quick, or --dry-run')
+    .option('--max-workers <n>', 'Max number of parallel fan-out workers (only meaningful with --fan-out)', positiveIntParser('--max-workers'), 4)
+    .option('--max-concurrency <n>', 'Optional hard ceiling on in-flight fan-out workers at once (only meaningful with --fan-out; default: coordinator chooses)', positiveIntParser('--max-concurrency'))
+    .addOption(
+        new Option('--agent <agent>', 'Agent backend to run the pipeline with: "cursor" (Cursor Agent CLI), "claude" (Claude Code CLI), or "agn" (agn CLI). Omitting uses local then global config, else cursor')
+            .choices(['cursor', 'claude', 'agn']),
+    )
+    .addOption(new Option('--worker <value>', 'internal: run a single fan-out worker "<parent-slug>:<worker-id>"').hideHelp())
+    .addOption(new Option('--integrate <value>', 'internal: (re)run fan-out integration for "<parent-slug>"').hideHelp())
+    .addHelpText(
+        'after',
+        `
+Examples:
+  $ orch "fix the typo in the README" --agent claude
+  $ orch "fix the bug described in task.md" --agent cursor -v
+  $ orch "implement the local spec" --agent agn -v
+  $ orch --ask "where is the CLI entrypoint?" --agent claude
+  $ orch --quick "fix the typo in the README" --agent claude
+  $ orch "noop" --dry-run --agent cursor
+  $ orch config                                          # print effective agent
+  $ orch config --agent claude                           # pin global default
+  $ orch config --agent agn --local                      # pin project default
+
+Headless runs:
+  $ orch "long-running task" --detach --agent claude   # start in the background, prints the run slug
+  $ orch list                                          # show all tracked runs
+  $ orch status [slug]                                 # show full status (defaults to most recent)
+  $ orch pause <slug>                                  # request a pause at the next stage boundary
+  $ orch resume <slug>                                 # unpause a paused/pausing run
+  $ orch continue <slug> "new task"                    # new work on a finished run's worktree
+                                                       # (workers: same command; then re-integrate the parent)
+  $ orch stop <slug>                                   # send SIGTERM to a running job
+  $ orch logs <slug> [-f]                              # print (or follow) a run's log file
+
+Fan-out:
+  $ orch "implement the billing module" --fan-out --agent claude   # triage, decompose, run parallel workers, integrate
+  $ orch "implement X" --fan-out --max-workers 6 --max-concurrency 3
+`,
+    )
+    .action(async (task, options) => {
+        const prompt = task.join(' ').trim();
+        if (!prompt) {
+            console.error('Error: task cannot be empty');
+            process.exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        options.agent = resolveAgentOrExit(options.agent);
+
+        if (options.fanOut) {
+            const conflicts = ['ask', 'quick', 'dryRun']
+                .filter((key) => options[key])
+                .map((key) => `--${key === 'dryRun' ? 'dry-run' : key}`);
+            if (conflicts.length > 0) {
+                console.error(`Error: --fan-out cannot be combined with ${conflicts.join(', ')}`);
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+            if (process.env.ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH) {
+                console.error('Error: --fan-out cannot be used inside a fan-out child (ORCH_FANOUT_DEPTH is already set)');
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            const cwd = process.cwd();
+            const { slug } = allocateJob({
+                cwd,
+                prompt,
+                agent: options.agent,
+                maxRounds: options.maxRounds,
+                state: 'running',
+                pid: process.pid,
+                role: 'coordinator',
+            });
+            setJobSlug(slug);
+
+            await runFanoutPipeline(prompt, {
+                ...options,
+                cwd,
+                jobSlug: slug,
+                jobCwd: cwd,
+                maxWorkers: options.maxWorkers,
+                maxConcurrency: options.maxConcurrency ?? null,
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (options.worker || options.integrate) {
+            const flagName = options.worker ? '--worker' : '--integrate';
+            const conflicts = ['ask', 'quick', 'detach', 'dryRun']
+                .filter((key) => options[key])
+                .map((key) => `--${key === 'dryRun' ? 'dry-run' : key}`);
+            if (conflicts.length > 0) {
+                console.error(`Error: ${flagName} cannot be combined with ${conflicts.join(', ')}`);
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (options.worker) {
+                await runWorkerFromCli(options);
+            } else {
+                await runIntegrateFromCli(options);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (options.detach) {
+            const conflicts = ['ask', 'quick', 'dryRun']
+                .filter((key) => options[key])
+                .map((key) => `--${key === 'dryRun' ? 'dry-run' : key}`);
+            if (conflicts.length > 0) {
+                console.error(`Error: --detach cannot be combined with ${conflicts.join(', ')}`);
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+            await runDetached(prompt, options);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!options.dryRun) {
+            const { slug } = allocateJob({
+                cwd: process.cwd(),
+                prompt,
+                agent: options.agent,
+                maxRounds: options.ask || options.quick ? null : options.maxRounds,
+                state: 'running',
+                pid: process.pid,
+            });
+            options.jobSlug = slug;
+            setJobSlug(slug);
+        }
+
+        await runPipeline(prompt, options);
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('continue')
+    .description(
+        'Start new complex work on a finished run\'s existing worktree (not the same as resume, which only unpauses). Workers: continue the worker slug, then re-integrate the parent',
+    )
+    .argument('<slug>', 'Existing run slug under .orch/')
+    .argument('<task...>', 'New task prompt for this continue iteration')
+    .option('-v, --verbose', 'Stream agent thinking/output deltas to stderr as the pipeline runs')
+    .option('--dry-run', 'Validate eligibility and agent PATH; do not reopen the job or run agents')
+    .option('--ask', 'Rejected: continue does not support --ask')
+    .option('--quick', 'Rejected: continue does not support --quick')
+    .option('--detach', 'Run the continue in the background under the same slug')
+    .option('--max-rounds <n>', 'Max writer⇄critic and writer⇄runner iterations per implementer loop', positiveIntParser('--max-rounds'), 5)
+    .addOption(
+        new Option('--agent <agent>', 'Agent backend: "cursor", "claude", or "agn". Omitting uses local then global config, else cursor')
+            .choices(['cursor', 'claude', 'agn']),
+    )
+    .action(async (slug, taskParts, options, command) => {
+        // Parent program also defines --ask/--quick/--dry-run/--agent/--detach/
+        // --max-rounds; when those flags appear after the continue arguments,
+        // Commander attaches them to the parent. Merge via optsWithGlobals.
+        const opts = typeof command.optsWithGlobals === 'function'
+            ? command.optsWithGlobals()
+            : { ...program.opts(), ...options };
+        const prompt = taskParts.join(' ').trim();
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+
+        opts.agent = resolveAgentOrExit(opts.agent, cwd);
+
+        let record;
+        try {
+            record = validateContinue(cwd, slug, {
+                task: prompt,
+                ask: opts.ask,
+                quick: opts.quick,
+            });
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+            process.exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (opts.detach) {
+            await runContinueDetached(slug, prompt, {
+                agent: opts.agent,
+                maxRounds: opts.maxRounds,
+                verbose: opts.verbose,
+                cwd,
+            });
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (opts.dryRun) {
+            const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[opts.agent];
+            if (!isBinaryOnPath(backend.binary)) {
+                console.error(binaryMissingHint(opts.agent));
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+            console.log(`dry-run: continue ${slug} ok`);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const alreadyReopened = Boolean(process.env.ORCH_JOB_SLUG);
+        let priorOutcome;
+        let continuation;
+        let worktreePath = record.worktree;
+        let branch = record.branch;
+        let role = record.role;
+        let parentSlug = record.parent;
+        let workerId = record.workerId;
+
+        if (!alreadyReopened) {
+            priorOutcome = snapshotPriorOutcome(cwd, slug, record);
+            const updated = reopenJob(cwd, slug, {
+                task: prompt,
+                agent: opts.agent,
+                maxRounds: opts.maxRounds,
+                pid: process.pid,
+                prior: priorOutcome,
+            });
+            continuation = updated.continuation;
+            setJobSlug(slug);
+        } else {
+            const live = readJob(cwd, slug) ?? record;
+            continuation = live.continuation ?? 2;
+            const entries = Array.isArray(live.continuations) ? live.continuations : [];
+            const last = entries[entries.length - 1];
+            priorOutcome = last?.prior ?? snapshotPriorOutcome(cwd, slug, live);
+            worktreePath = live.worktree ?? worktreePath;
+            branch = live.branch ?? branch;
+            role = live.role ?? role;
+            parentSlug = live.parent ?? parentSlug;
+            workerId = live.workerId ?? workerId;
+            setJobSlug(slug);
+        }
+
+        // PATH check after reopen (foreground) so empty-PATH tests can observe the bump.
+        const backend = AGENT_BACKENDS[opts.agent];
+        ensureBinaryOnPath(backend.binary, opts.agent);
+
+        await runContinuePipeline(prompt, {
+            agent: opts.agent,
+            maxRounds: opts.maxRounds,
+            verbose: opts.verbose,
+            cwd,
+            slug,
+            worktreePath,
+            branch,
+            role,
+            parentSlug,
+            workerId,
+            priorOutcome,
+            continuation,
+            jobSlug: slug,
+            jobCwd: cwd,
+        });
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('config')
+    .description('Print or set the default agent (global ~/.orch/config or local .orch/config)')
+    .addOption(
+        new Option('--agent <agent>', 'Set the default agent backend')
+            .choices(['cursor', 'claude', 'agn']),
+    )
+    .option('--global', 'Write the global config (~/.orch/config); default when --agent is set')
+    .option('--local', 'Write the project-local config (.orch/config)')
+    .action((options, command) => {
+        // Parent also defines --agent; flags after `config` may land on the
+        // parent. Merge so either placement works.
+        const opts = typeof command.optsWithGlobals === 'function'
+            ? command.optsWithGlobals()
+            : { ...program.opts(), ...options };
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+
+        if (opts.global && opts.local) {
+            console.error('Error: --global and --local are mutually exclusive');
+            process.exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ((opts.global || opts.local) && !opts.agent) {
+            console.error('Error: --global/--local require --agent (omit flags to print config)');
+            process.exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (opts.agent) {
+            const targetPath = opts.local
+                ? localConfigPath(cwd)
+                : globalConfigPath();
+            try {
+                writeConfig(targetPath, { agent: opts.agent });
+            } catch (err) {
+                console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+            console.log(`wrote ${targetPath}`);
+            process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({ agent: opts.agent }, null, 2)}\n`);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            printConfig({ cwd });
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('list')
+    .description('List all runs (active and finished) tracked under .orch/ in this directory')
+    .action(() => {
+        const jobs = listJobs(process.cwd());
+        if (jobs.length === 0) {
+            console.log('no runs');
+            return;
+        }
+        console.log(formatJobsTable(jobs));
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('status')
+    .argument('[slug]', 'Run slug to show; defaults to the most recently started run in this directory')
+    .description('Show full status for a run')
+    .action((slug) => {
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+        let record;
+        if (slug) {
+            record = readJob(cwd, slug);
+            if (!record) {
+                console.error(`Error: unknown run ${slug}`);
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+            record = reconcileJob(cwd, slug, record);
+        } else {
+            const jobs = listJobs(cwd);
+            if (jobs.length === 0) {
+                console.error('Error: no runs found in this directory');
+                process.exit(1);
+                return;
+            }
+            [record] = jobs;
+        }
+        console.log(formatStatus(cwd, record));
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('pause')
+    .argument('<slug>', 'Run slug to pause')
+    .description('Request a running job to pause at its next stage-boundary checkpoint')
+    .action((slug) => {
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+        try {
+            const record = readJob(cwd, slug);
+            if (!record) throw new Error(`requestPause: unknown job ${slug}`);
+            if (isCascadeParent(cwd, record)) {
+                const { childrenSignaled } = cascadePause(cwd, slug);
+                console.log(`pause requested for ${slug} (${childrenSignaled} children signaled)`);
+            } else {
+                requestPause(cwd, slug);
+                console.log(`pause requested for ${slug}`);
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('resume')
+    .argument('<slug>', 'Run slug to resume')
+    .description('Resume a paused (or pausing) job')
+    .action((slug) => {
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+        try {
+            const record = readJob(cwd, slug);
+            if (!record) throw new Error(`requestResume: unknown job ${slug}`);
+            if (isCascadeParent(cwd, record)) {
+                cascadeResume(cwd, slug);
+                console.log(`resumed ${slug}`);
+            } else {
+                requestResume(cwd, slug);
+                console.log(`resumed ${slug}`);
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('stop')
+    .argument('<slug>', 'Run slug to stop')
+    .description('Send SIGTERM to a running job (or reconcile a dead one to crashed)')
+    .action((slug) => {
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+        try {
+            const record = readJob(cwd, slug);
+            if (!record) throw new Error(`stopJob: unknown job ${slug}`);
+            if (isCascadeParent(cwd, record)) {
+                cascadeStop(cwd, slug);
+                console.log(`stop signal sent to ${slug} and its children`);
+            } else {
+                const result = stopJob(cwd, slug);
+                if (result.action === 'signaled') {
+                    console.log(`stop signal sent to ${slug} (pid ${result.record.pid})`);
+                } else if (result.action === 'crashed') {
+                    console.log(`${slug} process was already gone; marked crashed`);
+                } else {
+                    console.log(`${slug} is already ${result.record.state}`);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (err) {
+            console.error(`Error: ${err.message}`);
+            process.exit(1);
+        }
+    });
+
+const jobsCmd = program
+    .command('jobs')
+    .description('Manage orch job artifacts under .orch/');
+
+jobsCmd
+    .command('clean')
+    .description('Delete all orch jobs from the .orch folder')
+    .action(async () => {
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+        const orchDir = path.join(cwd, '.orch');
+        if (!fs.existsSync(orchDir) || fs.readdirSync(orchDir).length === 0) {
+            console.log('no jobs to clean');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const rl = readline.createInterface({ input, output });
+        let answer;
+        try {
+            answer = await rl.question('Are you sure? [y/N] ');
+        } finally {
+            rl.close();
+        }
+
+        if (!/^y(es)?$/i.test(answer.trim())) {
+            console.log('aborted');
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const removed = cleanJobs(cwd);
+        console.log(`deleted ${removed.length} job${removed.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} from .orch/`);
+    });
+
+program
+    .command('logs')
+    .argument('<slug>', 'Run slug to show logs for')
+    .option('-f, --follow', 'Follow the log file until the job reaches a terminal state (Ctrl+C to stop)')
+    .description("Print a run's orch.log")
+    .action((slug, options) => {
+        const cwd = process.cwd();
+        const record = readJob(cwd, slug);
+        if (!record) {
+            console.error(`Error: unknown run ${slug}`);
+            process.exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+        const { logPath } = jobPaths(cwd, slug);
+        if (!fs.existsSync(logPath)) {
+            console.error(`Error: no log file for ${slug}`);
+            process.exit(1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!options.follow) {
+            process.stdout.write(fs.readFileSync(logPath));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const fd = fs.openSync(logPath, 'r');
+        let position = 0;
+        const pump = () => {
+            const { size } = fs.fstatSync(fd);
+            if (size > position) {
+                const buf = Buffer.alloc(size - position);
+                fs.readSync(fd, buf, 0, buf.length, position);
+                process.stdout.write(buf);
+                position = size;
+            }
+        };
+        pump();
+
+        const stop = () => {
+            clearInterval(interval);
+            fs.closeSync(fd);
+            process.exit(0);
+        };
+
+        const interval = setInterval(() => {
+            pump();
+            const current = reconcileJob(cwd, slug, readJob(cwd, slug));
+            if (TERMINAL_JOB_STATES.includes(current.state)) stop();
+        }, 500);
+
+        process.once('SIGINT', stop);
     });
 
 const invokedPath = process.argv[1] ? fs.realpathSync(process.argv[1]) : '';