Ultrawork

Overview

Ultrawork is an execution engine that runs multiple agents concurrently to handle independent tasks in parallel. It is designed as a component rather than a standalone mode — it provides parallel execution and smart model routing, but no persistence or verification loop.

Ralph and Autopilot use Ultrawork internally.

Usage

/oh-my-claudecode:ultrawork "implement user authentication with OAuth"

Also activated via magic keywords.

ultrawork implement the API endpoints
ulw add validation to all forms

How It Works

Task Classification

Distinguishes independent tasks from tasks with dependencies.

Model Routing

Selects the appropriate model tier based on task complexity.

Parallel Execution

Independent tasks run simultaneously.

Task 1 (Haiku):  Add type exports             ─┐
Task 2 (Sonnet): Implement API endpoints       ─┤── concurrent
Task 3 (Sonnet): Auth middleware tests         ─┘

Tasks with dependencies run after their prerequisites complete. Long-running tasks like builds, installs, and tests run in the background.

Relationship to Other Modes

autopilot (autonomous execution)
 └── ralph (continuous loop)
      └── ultrawork (parallel execution) ← this skill

• Use ultrawork alone: when you only need parallel execution without persistence or verification
• Prefer ralph: when persistence and verification are needed (ralph includes ultrawork)
• Prefer autopilot: when the full lifecycle is needed

Related Skills

• ralph - adds persistence and verification on top of ultrawork
• autopilot - full autonomous pipeline that includes ralph

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