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-# Coordination Patterns
-
-Complete guide to identifying independent domains, dispatching agents, and integrating their work.
-
-## Domain Identification Patterns
-
-### The Independence Test
-
-Before dispatching parallel agents, verify true independence:
-
-```
-✓ Independent domains:
-  - Different test files with unrelated functionality
-  - Different subsystems (auth, payments, notifications)
-  - Different bug reports from different users
-  - Different data processing pipelines
-
-✗ Not independent:
-  - Tests failing due to shared database state
-  - Cascading failures (one root cause, many symptoms)
-  - Features that share core business logic
-  - Components with tight coupling
-```
-
-### Domain Grouping Strategy
-
-**By Test File:**
-```
-File A: tool-approval-flow.test.ts
-File B: batch-completion.test.ts
-File C: abort-handling.test.ts
-→ 3 domains, each gets one agent
-```
-
-**By Subsystem:**
-```
-Subsystem A: Authentication module
-Subsystem B: Payment processing
-Subsystem C: Email notifications
-→ 3 domains, clear boundaries
-```
-
-**By Feature:**
-```
-Feature A: User registration flow
-Feature B: Product search
-Feature C: Shopping cart
-→ 3 domains, minimal overlap
-```
-
-### Anti-Pattern: False Independence
-
-```
-❌ BAD: Treat as independent when they're not
-Problem 1: Login tests failing
-Problem 2: Dashboard tests failing (needs login)
-Problem 3: User profile tests failing (needs login)
-
-→ NOT independent! Root cause is login.
-→ Solution: Single agent investigates login first
-```
-
-## Dispatch Strategies
-
-### Strategy 1: Parallel Task Creation
-
-**Best for:** Clear, well-defined problems with no discovery needed
-
-```typescript
-// All tasks created at once
-Task("Fix authentication flow - login.test.ts 3 failures")
-Task("Fix payment processing - checkout.test.ts 2 failures")
-Task("Fix email service - notifications.test.ts 4 failures")
-
-// Agents work simultaneously
-// You review results when all complete
-```
-
-**Advantages:**
-- Maximum parallelization
-- Fastest total time
-- Clear workload distribution
-
-**Disadvantages:**
-- Requires upfront domain analysis
-- Risk of conflicts if domains overlap
-- Hard to adjust if one agent finds systemic issue
-
-### Strategy 2: Sequential with Parallel Bursts
-
-**Best for:** Mixed certainty - some problems clear, others need investigation
-
-```typescript
-// Phase 1: Investigate unclear areas
-Task("Investigate root cause of database connection errors")
-
-// Wait for result...
-
-// Phase 2: Based on findings, dispatch parallel fixes
-Task("Fix connection pool exhaustion in auth service")
-Task("Fix timeout handling in payment service")
-Task("Fix retry logic in notification service")
-```
-
-**Advantages:**
-- Reduces risk of false independence
-- Adapts to discoveries
-- Maintains parallelization where safe
-
-**Disadvantages:**
-- Slower than pure parallel
-- Requires decision point between phases
-
-### Strategy 3: Hierarchical Dispatch
-
-**Best for:** Large-scale problems with clear subsystem boundaries
-
-```typescript
-// Level 1: Subsystem leads
-Task("Auth subsystem: Investigate and delegate 5 test failures")
-Task("Payments subsystem: Investigate and delegate 4 test failures")
-
-// Level 2: Each subsystem agent dispatches focused tasks
-// Auth agent creates:
-  Task("Fix OAuth token refresh logic")
-  Task("Fix session timeout handling")
-
-// Payments agent creates:
-  Task("Fix Stripe webhook handling")
-  Task("Fix refund processing")
-```
-
-**Advantages:**
-- Scales to large problem sets
-- Domain experts coordinate sub-tasks
-- Natural verification points
-
-**Disadvantages:**
-- Higher coordination overhead
-- More complex integration
-- Requires clear subsystem boundaries
-
-## Integration Workflows
-
-### Integration Pattern 1: Summary Review
-
-**When agents return:**
-
-1. **Read all summaries first**
-   - Don't look at code yet
-   - Understand what each agent did
-   - Identify potential conflicts
-
-2. **Check for overlaps**
-   - Did multiple agents edit same files?
-   - Did one agent's fix depend on another's?
-   - Are there conflicting approaches?
-
-3. **Verify independently**
-   - Run each agent's tests in isolation
-   - Confirm each fix works alone
-   - Check no new failures introduced
-
-4. **Integrate progressively**
-   - Merge one agent's work at a time
-   - Run full suite after each merge
-   - Isolate which merge causes conflicts
-
-### Integration Pattern 2: Conflict Resolution
-
-**When conflicts arise:**
-
-```
-Agent A changed: auth.service.ts (lines 50-60)
-Agent B changed: auth.service.ts (lines 55-65)
-→ Overlap detected!
-
-Resolution steps:
-1. Understand both changes - why did each agent change this?
-2. Check if both changes needed - or is one redundant?
-3. Determine merge strategy:
-   a) One change supersedes other
-   b) Both changes needed, manual merge
-   c) Neither optimal, new solution needed
-4. Verify merged version passes both agents' tests
-```
-
-### Integration Pattern 3: Full Suite Verification
-
-**After integration:**
-
-```bash
-# Run complete test suite
-npm test
-
-# Check for unexpected failures
-# - Tests that weren't part of any agent's scope
-# - Integration points between fixed domains
-# - System-level behavior
-
-# If new failures:
-# 1. Identify which agent's changes caused it
-# 2. Understand why (missing integration consideration?)
-# 3. Fix with minimal change
-# 4. Re-verify
-```
-
-## Scope Management
-
-### Clear Scope Definition
-
-**Good scope definition:**
-```markdown
-Agent scope: Fix all failures in src/auth/login.test.ts
-
-Allowed to change:
-- src/auth/login.service.ts
-- src/auth/login.controller.ts
-- Test file itself (if testing wrong behavior)
-
-NOT allowed to change:
-- Other auth modules
-- Shared utilities (without consultation)
-- Database schema
-- API contracts (breaking changes)
-
-Expected output:
-- Summary of root cause
-- List of files changed
-- Explanation of fix approach
-- Confirmation all 3 tests now pass
-```
-
-**Bad scope definition:**
-```markdown
-❌ "Fix the auth issues"
-   → Too vague, agent doesn't know where to focus
-
-❌ "Make all tests pass"
-   → Too broad, agent will change anything
-
-❌ "Fix login.test.ts but use your judgment"
-   → Unclear constraints, unpredictable changes
-```
-
-### Scope Boundaries
-
-**Enforce clear boundaries:**
-
-```
-Agent A domain: Authentication flow
-├── login.service.ts
-├── logout.service.ts
-├── session.manager.ts
-└── auth.test.ts
-
-Agent B domain: User profile
-├── profile.service.ts
-├── profile.controller.ts
-└── profile.test.ts
-
-Shared boundary (coordination needed):
-└── user.model.ts (both agents might need to modify)
-    → Solution: Neither agent changes it without asking
-    → Or: Designate one agent as owner
-```
-
-## Communication Patterns
-
-### Agent-to-Coordinator Communication
-
-**What agents should report:**
-
-```markdown
-# Agent Return Template
-
-## Domain
-Which test file / subsystem I worked on
-
-## Root Cause
-What was actually broken (not symptoms)
-
-## Changes Made
-- File A: Modified lines 50-60 to fix X
-- File B: Added validation for Y
-- Test file: Adjusted expectations for Z
-
-## Verification
-All 3 tests in my scope now pass:
-✓ Test 1: login with valid credentials
-✓ Test 2: login with invalid credentials
-✓ Test 3: login with expired session
-
-## Dependencies Discovered
-None - my changes are isolated
-
-## Risks
-Watch for: Session timeout edge cases in other tests
-```
-
-### Coordinator-to-Agent Communication
-
-**Clear task assignment:**
-
-```markdown
-# Task for Agent
-
-## Your Scope
-Fix 3 failures in src/auth/login.test.ts:
-1. "should handle expired sessions" - throws TypeError
-2. "should refresh tokens" - token undefined
-3. "should logout on invalid token" - logout not called
-
-## Context
-These started failing after we upgraded auth library v2→v3
-Library changed: TokenService API now async
-
-## Constraints
-- Fix the implementation or tests (your judgment)
-- Don't change other auth files unless necessary
-- Don't modify TokenService (external library)
-
-## Expected Output
-- Root cause explanation
-- List of changes
-- Confirmation tests pass
-```
-
-## Performance Optimization
-
-### Minimizing Coordination Overhead
-
-**Trade-off analysis:**
-
-```
-1 problem:  Sequential (no parallelization benefit)
-2 problems: Marginal benefit (coordination overhead ≈ parallelization gain)
-3 problems: Clear benefit (coordination < parallelization gain)
-5+ problems: High benefit (scales well)
-
-Exception: Very quick fixes (<5 min each)
-→ Sequential might be faster due to low task-switching cost
-```
-
-### Optimal Agent Count
-
-```
-Problems: 3-5   → Agents: 3-5 (1:1 mapping)
-Problems: 6-10  → Agents: 4-6 (group related problems)
-Problems: 10+   → Agents: 5-8 (hierarchical dispatch)
-
-Maximum: ~8 agents (human coordination limit)
-→ Beyond 8: Use hierarchical pattern
-```
-
-## Advanced Patterns
-
-### Pattern: Dependency-Aware Dispatch
-
-**When problems have loose dependencies:**
-
-```
-Problem A: Must fix first (others depend on it)
-Problems B, C, D: Independent once A is fixed
-
-Dispatch strategy:
-1. Agent 1 fixes A
-2. After A complete, dispatch B, C, D in parallel
-3. Integrate all together
-```
-
-### Pattern: Speculative Parallel
-
-**When independence is likely but uncertain:**
-
-```
-Dispatch all agents in parallel BUT:
-- Each agent starts with investigation phase
-- Agents report if they find shared dependencies
-- Coordinator halts others if one finds systemic issue
-
-Example:
-3 agents start investigating 3 test files
-Agent 1 discovers: "All failures due to config loading bug"
-→ Coordinator halts Agent 2 & 3
-→ Agent 1 fixes config bug
-→ All tests pass
-```
-
-### Pattern: Progressive Integration
-
-**For large-scale parallel work:**
-
-```
-8 agents working on different subsystems
-
-Integration phases:
-1. Integrate auth agents (A1, A2) → Verify auth suite
-2. Integrate payment agents (P1, P2) → Verify payment suite
-3. Integrate all auth + payments → Verify integration
-4. Continue with notifications, etc.
-
-Benefit: Catch conflicts early, smaller integration surface
-```
-
-## Common Mistakes
-
-### Mistake 1: Premature Parallelization
-
-```
-❌ 5 test failures, immediately dispatch 5 agents
-✓ Read all 5 failures, identify if root cause is shared
-  → Shared: 1 agent fixes root cause
-  → Independent: Dispatch in parallel
-```
-
-### Mistake 2: Ignoring Soft Dependencies
-
-```
-❌ "Files are separate, must be independent"
-✓ Check runtime dependencies:
-  - Shared database state
-  - Service initialization order
-  - Global configuration
-  - Shared caches/singletons
-```
-
-### Mistake 3: No Integration Plan
-
-```
-❌ Dispatch agents, merge all changes at once, run tests
-✓ Plan integration:
-  - Which order to merge?
-  - How to verify each step?
-  - What to do if conflicts arise?
-```
-
-### Mistake 4: Vague Boundaries
-
-```
-❌ "Fix auth stuff" + "Fix user stuff"
-   → Overlap potential: What is "auth" vs "user"?
-
-✓ "Fix login.test.ts" + "Fix profile.test.ts"
-   → Clear file-based boundary
-```
-
-## Verification Checklist
-
-Before dispatching:
-- [ ] Verified problems are truly independent
-- [ ] Defined clear scope for each agent
-- [ ] Identified shared boundaries / risks
-- [ ] Planned integration approach
-- [ ] Estimated if parallelization worth overhead
-
-During execution:
-- [ ] Monitoring for agents reporting dependencies
-- [ ] Ready to halt if systemic issue found
-- [ ] Tracking which agent is working on what
-
-After completion:
-- [ ] Read all summaries before integrating
-- [ ] Checked for file/scope overlaps
-- [ ] Verified each fix in isolation
-- [ ] Progressive integration with verification
-- [ ] Full suite pass with all changes