Coordinator Mode
April 2, 2026 · View on GitHub
This feature exists in the official Claude Code codebase but has not been fully released. cc-mini implements and ships it.
Coordinator mode turns the assistant into an orchestrator that can launch background workers for parallel research, implementation, and verification.
Usage
cc-mini --coordinator
# or
export CC_MINI_COORDINATOR=1
cc-mini
What It Adds
- Background workers — launch a worker and keep talking while it runs
- Continuation flow — continue a completed worker with more instructions
- Task notifications — worker results injected back as
<task-notification>messages - Session-aware resume — resumed sessions restore coordinator mode automatically
Worker Tools
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
Agent | Spawn a background worker |
SendMessage | Continue an existing worker by task ID |
TaskStop | Stop a running worker |
Typical Workflow
- Start
cc-mini --coordinator - Ask for a larger task (research, implement, verify)
- Coordinator launches workers in background
- Worker results arrive as
<task-notification>messages - Coordinator synthesizes results and decides next step
Workers use the standard tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Edit, Write, Bash.