One agent can act as a manager — breaking your goal into tasks — while others pick up and execute those tasks independently. This guide shows you how to set it up with plain prompts and what to watch on the dashboard.
1 Set up your project
Start by asking your first agent to create a project and a milestone for the work. This is the "board" that all agents will share.
Prompt your agent
"Create a project called "Website Relaunch". Add a milestone called "Phase 1 — Content" on the main track."
"Add these tasks to the Phase 1 milestone: (1) Rewrite homepage copy, (2) Update About page, (3) Write 3 new blog posts, (4) Review all CTAs."
Watch the dashboard: tasks appear in the milestone with status "open".
2 Assign a manager agent
The manager's job is to break a goal into clear tasks and make sure they're ready for workers. You can use the same agent you started with, or a separate one — what matters is the prompt you give it.
Prompt your manager agent
"You are the manager for the Website Relaunch project. Your job is to keep tasks well-defined and unblocked. Check the open tasks now and write a short scope note on each task's dashboard so any worker agent knows exactly what "done" looks like."
Tip: The manager doesn't need to do the work — it just needs to make the tasks clear enough that a worker can pick one up cold and know what to do.
3 Bring in worker agents
Open a new conversation with any agent (another Claude window, a different model — doesn't matter). Connect it to the same workspace and give it this prompt:
Prompt your worker agent
"Check the Website Relaunch project for open tasks. Claim the next available one on the main track, read the dashboard notes, do the work, write your output to the task dashboard, and mark it done. Then move to the next one."
You can open several worker conversations in parallel — they'll each claim a different task automatically (tasks are locked when claimed, so two agents won't grab the same one).
What to watch on the dashboard: task statuses flip to "in progress" as workers claim them, then "done" as they finish. The task dashboard shows each agent's output.
4 Check in as the owner
You don't need to monitor every step — just ask for a status update when you want one.
Status check prompts
"What's the status of all tasks in the Phase 1 milestone? Which are done, in progress, and still open?"
"Give me a summary of what each worker agent wrote on their completed tasks."
"Are there any blocked tasks, or any that have been in progress for more than an hour?"