Agent Coordination Skill

Purpose

Guide correct agent assignment, blocker escalation, and delivery coordination following the TDM role boundaries.

When This Skill Applies

Invoke this skill when:

• Assigning work to specialist agents
• Managing blockers across agents
• Coordinating multi-agent workflows
• Escalating issues to ARCHitect/POPM
• Verifying pre-implementation gate
• Updating Linear with evidence

Stop-the-Line Conditions

FORBIDDEN Patterns

# FORBIDDEN: Wrong agent assignment
Database work → BE Developer    # WRONG: Use Data Engineer!
Security validation → QAS       # WRONG: Use Security Engineer!
Documentation → BE Developer    # WRONG: Use Tech Writer!

# FORBIDDEN: Skipping pre-implementation gate
Start coding before BSA spec    # Must have acceptance criteria first

# FORBIDDEN: Unresolved blockers >4 hours
Blocker exists but not escalated  # Escalate within 1 hour

CORRECT Patterns

# CORRECT: Right agent for the job
Database work → Data Engineer
Security validation → Security Engineer
Documentation → Tech Writer
Planning/Specs → BSA
Architecture review → System Architect
API implementation → BE Developer
UI implementation → FE Developer
Testing → QAS
PR/Release → RTE

# CORRECT: Pre-implementation gate
1. BSA creates spec with acceptance criteria
2. System Architect reviews patterns
3. THEN specialist executes

Agent Assignment Matrix (MANDATORY)

| Work Type | Correct Agent | Never Use | | ------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------- | | Database/Migrations | Data Engineer | BE Developer | | Security/RLS | Security Engineer | QAS | | Documentation | Tech Writer | BE/FE Developer | | Specs/Planning | BSA | Any implementation | | Architecture | System Architect | Direct to developer | | API Routes | BE Developer | FE Developer | | UI Components | FE Developer | BE Developer | | Testing/QA | QAS | Implementation team | | PR/Releases | RTE | Developers |

Reference: docs/workflow/TDM_AGENT_ASSIGNMENT_MATRIX.md

Blocker Escalation Protocol

When to Escalate

| Condition | Escalate To | Deadline | | ---------------------- | ----------- | ----------- | | Blocker > 1 hour | TDM | Immediately | | Blocker > 4 hours | ARCHitect | Urgent | | Architecture ambiguity | ARCHitect | Before work | | Cross-team dependency | TDM + POPM | Same day | | Security concern | SecEng | Immediately |

Escalation Template

**Blocker Escalation**

**Ticket**: {TICKET_PREFIX}-XXX
**Blocked Since**: [timestamp]
**Agent**: [which specialist is blocked]

**Issue**:
[Clear description of what's blocking progress]

**Attempts Made**:

1. [What was tried]
2. [What was tried]

**Request**:
[Specific ask - decision needed, resource needed, etc.]

Pre-Implementation Gate

MANDATORY before any implementation work:

1. BSA creates spec with:
   - [ ] Clear acceptance criteria
   - [ ] Pattern references for execution
   - [ ] Success validation command

2. System Architect reviews:
   - [ ] Pattern compliance
   - [ ] RLS requirements (if database)
   - [ ] Security implications

3. THEN implementation can begin

Evidence Attachment

All work must include evidence in Linear:

**Implementation Evidence**

**Session ID**: [Claude session ID]
**Agent**: [which specialist]
**Ticket**: {TICKET_PREFIX}-XXX

**Work Completed**:

- [x] Task 1
- [x] Task 2

**Validation**:

```bash
yarn ci:validate
# All checks passed
```

Next Steps: [if any]

## TDM Boundaries

### TDM Does

- ✅ Track delivery progress
- ✅ Update Linear tickets
- ✅ Escalate blockers
- ✅ Attach evidence
- ✅ React to issues

### TDM Does NOT

- ❌ Orchestrate feature work (ARCHitect's job)
- ❌ Run CI/CD validation (specialists' job)
- ❌ Execute technical work (specialists' job)
- ❌ Proactively assign features (ARCHitect's job)

## Authoritative References

- **Agent Assignment Matrix**: `docs/workflow/TDM_AGENT_ASSIGNMENT_MATRIX.md`
- **Agent Workflow SOP v1.3**: `docs/sop/AGENT_WORKFLOW_SOP.md`
- **CONTRIBUTING.md**: Workflow requirements
- **Linear SOP skill**: Evidence attachment templates