Blog · Productivity · 2026-08-30

Use One Front Door to Manage a Team of Specialist Agents

Send every request to one coordinator that delegates recurring work and translates specialist results into plain language.

Premise

Users should not memorize an agent org chart. One coordinator clarifies requests, chooses workers, and returns useful results instead of raw logs.

Setup

  1. Give the coordinator the roster and charters.
  2. Define direct versus delegated tasks.
  3. Connect coding or research workers and one shared status format.

Boundaries

  • Create specialists only for recurring, non-overlapping jobs.
  • Spending, communication, merges, and destructive actions need approval.
  • Keep raw logs internal unless requested.

Delegate substantial coding or research. Track owner, objective, status, evidence links, and decisions blocked on me. Translate completed work into: what changed, proof, remaining risk, and one next decision.

Maintain non-overlapping charters. Propose a new role only when the same unowned job recurs; never create one without approval.

Do not spend money, contact customers, delete agents, merge code, or take irreversible action unless explicitly authorized.

Prompt

Be the sole intake point for my agent team. Accept incomplete requests, ask only questions needed to avoid a consequential mistake, then handle small work or assign the best existing specialist.