Dispatching Parallel Investigations
Split independent investigations into focused parallel subagent tasks with a report-all guard
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 31, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 87d1f13
Fetched SKILL.md raw; the skill dir contains only SKILL.md (no scripts), and the four sibling skills it references all exist in the repo tree. No security smells in the body. Trigger: judged 5 phrasings — SHOULD-fire: "replicate the same OLS across 5 independent datasets, report all coefficients", "survey prior work across several independent sub-topics in parallel", "run my pre-specified robustness checks all at once"; should-NOT: "refactor this function to be faster", "run one analysis where step 2 depends on step 1's output" (shared state) — all 5 correct. Output: built two real dispatch-prompt artifacts (baseline2.md vs skill2.md) for a 3-dataset replication task; baseline used vague "see if the effect holds" prompts, the skill version embedded the exact pre-registered spec, a seed, immutable data path, a no-alternative-specs constraint, result+method+N reporting for verification, and a report-all-sites mandate — the concrete, quotable difference.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 7/10
- Docs & honesty 5/5
What Dispatching Parallel Investigations does
Guides how to split 2+ independent investigations (multi-dataset replication, parallel literature survey, pre-specified robustness checks) into focused, self-contained subagent tasks and then synthesize the results. Triggers when a user has several independent analyses that share no state and can run concurrently. Enforces a pre-registration guard so parallel dispatch reports all results rather than cherry-picking the specification that "works."
How to install Dispatching Parallel Investigations
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers.git /tmp/dispatching-parallel-investigations-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/dispatching-parallel-investigations-src/skills/dispatching-parallel-investigations ~/.claude/skills/dispatching-parallel-investigations
# No scripts or deps — SKILL.md is self-contained guidance.
# References sibling skills in the same repo (verifying-results-before-claiming, surveying-prior-work,
# subagent-driven-analysis, investigating-anomalous-results); cp -R the whole skills/ dir to get them too.
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Dispatching Parallel Investigations
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/dispatching-parallel-investigationsSplit independent investigations into focused parallel subagent tasks with a report-all guard
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Run these robustness checks in parallel -
Dispatch parallel literature surveys on this topic -
Replicate this analysis across multiple datasets
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Dispatching Parallel Investigations skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from K-Dense-AI/science-superpowers. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Dispatching Parallel Investigations work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 31, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fetched SKILL.md raw; the skill dir contains only SKILL.md (no scripts), and the four sibling skills it references all exist in the repo tree. No security smells in the body. Trigger: judged 5 phrasings — SHOULD-fire: "replicate the same OLS across 5 independent datasets, report all coefficients", "survey prior work across several independent sub-topics in parallel", "run my pre-specified robustness checks all at once"; should-NOT: "refactor this function to be faster", "run one analysis where step 2 depends on step 1's output" (shared state) — all 5 correct. Output: built two real dispatch-prompt artifacts (baseline2.md vs skill2.md) for a 3-dataset replication task; baseline used vague "see if the effect holds" prompts, the skill version embedded the exact pre-registered spec, a seed, immutable data path, a no-alternative-specs constraint, result+method+N reporting for verification, and a report-all-sites mandate — the concrete, quotable difference.
- What is the Dispatching Parallel Investigations SkillProof Score?
- 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 7/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
- How do I install Dispatching Parallel Investigations?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Dispatching Parallel Investigations with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.