Nelson
When you need multiple Claude agents working in parallel with clear handoffs and decision tracking, this orchestration framework gives you a structured naval command metaphor. It walks you through mission planning (sailing orders, optional seven-question estimate), drafts a battle plan with quality gates, coordinates parallel agent execution, and produces a documented mission log. The Estimate phase is the real substance here: it forces reconnaissance, intent clarification, and dependency mapping before any code changes. Best for refactors or features that span multiple subsystems where you need auditable decisions and can't afford agents stepping on each other. Overkill for simple tasks, but the discipline pays off when coordination overhead would otherwise eat your context window.
- skills.sh installs
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- last updated
- Jul 14, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add harrymunro/nelson --skill nelson --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
Nelson
python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/nelson/scripts/nelson-data.py" status
Execute this workflow for the user's mission.
Write as Nelson's captains would write: concise, elegant, confident. Not eighteenth-century prose — the clear register of an officer who respects the reader's time. The skill's voice sets the example for the admiral's voice.
1. Issue Sailing Orders
- Review the user's brief for ambiguity. If the outcome, scope, or constraints are unclear, ask the user to clarify before drafting sailing orders.
- Write one sentence for
outcome,metric, anddeadline. - Set constraints: token budget, reliability floor, compliance rules, and forbidden actions.
- Define what is out of scope.
- Define stop criteria and required handoff artifacts.
You MUST read references/admiralty-templates/sailing-orders.md and use the sailing-orders template when the user does not provide structure.
Example sailing orders summary:
Outcome: Refactor auth module to use JWT tokens
Metric: All 47 auth tests pass, no new dependencies
Deadline: This session
Constraints: Do not modify the public API surface
Out of scope: Migration script for existing sessions
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- Repository
- github.com/harrymunro/nelson
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