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Decompose

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What is Decompose?

The Coordinator Mode action that breaks a high-level task into parallel subtasks with dependency ordering. Powered by `orbit_decompose`.

Decomposition is the first step of Coordinator Mode. You provide a high-level task description; Orbit (using Claude) analyzes it and proposes a structured breakdown with subtasks, dependencies, and cost estimates. If decomposition fails (rate limit, parse error), the panel shows an error banner with a Retry button.

How it relates to Orbit

Orbit’s Coordinator breaks a larger request into smaller prompts before execution. See Coordinator Mode for details.

When you would use it

You use Decompose at the start of any Coordinator Mode build. The proposed plan goes to Gate 1 for your review.

Common operations

  • Starting a Coordinator Mode build from a vague task description
  • Re-running decompose after a transient API failure

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