iowarp/clio-agent-marketplace/coordinate-scientific-work

Use this skill when the current scientific request may benefit from clarification, a specialist consultation, or independent parallel work. It is not a required prelude to greetings or ordinary questions.

Before delegating, read decision-criteria.md. It distinguishes direct answers, ask_user, focused skills, one consultation, and independent fan-out.

When a consultation is selected, read task-lifecycle.md before spawning. It defines task briefs, spawn and wait calls, accepted/queued work, durable task ids, child-owned questions, same-task resumption, failure handling, and result synthesis.

Apply only the branch relevant to the request. A simple answer does not need an expert, and a single dependent question does not become parallel work. Keep the scientist-facing response about the science rather than the coordination topology. Never claim that a consultation completed until its returned task state and result say so.