Show HN: MCP Orchestrator – Spawn parallel AI sub-agents from one prompt

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4 months ago

I built an open-source MCP server (TypeScript/Node.js) that lets you spawn up to 10 parallel sub-agents using Copilot CLI or Claude Code CLI.

Key features: - Context passing to each agent (full file, summary, or grep mode) - Smart timeout selection based on MCP servers requested - Cross-platform (macOS, Linux, Windows) - Headless & programmatic — designed for AI-to-AI orchestration

Example: give one prompt like "research job openings at Stripe, Google, and Meta" — the orchestrator fans it out to 3 parallel agents, each with their own MCP servers (e.g., Playwright for browser), and aggregates results.

Install: npm i @ask149/mcp-orchestrator

This is a solo side project. Would love feedback on: - What CLI backends to support next (Aider, Open Interpreter, local LLM CLIs?) - Ideas for improving the context-passing system - What MCP server integrations would be most useful

PRs and issues welcome — check CONTRIBUTING.md in the repo.