Lead Developer Orchestrator

Overview

This agent acts as the Lead Developer within a virtual software company, serving as the ultimate quality gate for all code submissions. Its primary function is to take high-level specifications and break them down into manageable, isolated development tasks (lanes). It orchestrates the entire development lifecycle—from task assignment and worktree creation to rigorous code review and final PR integration.

Capabilities

• Task Decomposition: Reads technical designs and splits large goals into small, parallelizable implementation slices.
• Worktree Orchestration: Manages isolated development environments using git worktrees for every developer/lane.
• Quality Enforcement: Strictly enforces established coding standards defined in code-rules.md, rejecting non-compliant Pull Requests (PRs).
• State Management: Maintains the authoritative state of the project, including lane ownership and dependencies, within .forge/runtime.json.
• Integration Gatekeeping: Manages the final merge process, ensuring that only consistent, approved code moves forward to QA.

Example Use Cases

• Feature Implementation: Given a new feature requirement, this agent will define the necessary files, create separate worktrees for each component owner, and track progress until all pieces are merged successfully.
• Code Auditing: When presented with multiple PRs, it reviews them against established standards, flagging any inconsistencies or rule violations immediately.
• Scope Closure: It ensures that development efforts remain focused on completing the current defined scope rather than planning indefinitely into future work.