Can it detect circular dependencies?

Yes, the skill uses recursive query patterns to identify loops where tasks block each other and suggests specific strategies to break the cycle, such as reordering or splitting tasks.

How does it help with parallel development?

The skill analyzes pending tasks and their incoming dependencies; any tasks that are currently unblocked and belong to different domains are flagged as opportunities for simultaneous execution.

What is the primary benefit of the Dependency Orchestration skill?

It provides a systematic way for Claude to understand complex task relationships, helping you prioritize the most impactful work and avoid project stalls by identifying exactly what is blocking progress.

How does it identify the critical path?

It builds dependency chains recursively from end-tasks back to the start, calculating total complexity along each path to identify the sequence that determines the minimum completion time.

Dependency Orchestration

Name: Dependency Orchestration
Author: jpicklyk

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Productivity & Workflow

Optimizes task execution by analyzing dependencies, identifying critical paths, and detecting project bottlenecks.

About

The Dependency Orchestration skill empowers Claude to perform sophisticated project analysis using MCP tool orchestration. It enables automated discovery of blocking tasks, identification of the longest execution paths (critical paths), and detection of circular dependencies that halt progress. By systematically querying task relationships, it provides actionable strategies for parallelizing work and prioritizing high-impact bottlenecks, ensuring efficient workflow management and context-aware task execution across coding sessions.

Key Features

High-impact bottleneck detection to prioritize the most significant blocking tasks.
Parallel opportunity discovery to maximize development efficiency and time savings.
Status-aware dependency mapping using recursive MCP tool query patterns.
Circular dependency detection with suggested resolution strategies.
Automated critical path identification to determine minimum project completion time.
128 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Debugging workflow stalls caused by circular or hidden task dependencies.
Optimizing project timelines by identifying independent tasks that can be executed in parallel.
Visualizing and resolving complex task blockers in large-scale feature development.

About

Key Features

High-impact bottleneck detection to prioritize the most significant blocking tasks.
Parallel opportunity discovery to maximize development efficiency and time savings.
Status-aware dependency mapping using recursive MCP tool query patterns.
Circular dependency detection with suggested resolution strategies.
Automated critical path identification to determine minimum project completion time.
128 GitHub stars

Use Cases

Debugging workflow stalls caused by circular or hidden task dependencies.
Optimizing project timelines by identifying independent tasks that can be executed in parallel.
Visualizing and resolving complex task blockers in large-scale feature development.