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How to delegate work to Lilly Pod.

Hand a big goal to a Lilly Pod swarm: a boss agent decomposes it, sends child agents out in parallel, runs repair loops, and reports back — so you get completion visibility instead of driving every pane.

How to do it

Describe the goal, let the boss run it

The pod view turns background work into a readable topology: active bosses, child agents, success rate, alerts, and done counts. Follow these steps to delegate a multi-phase goal and track it to completion.

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Pick the right delegation tier. Most delegated work goes to background agents and task groups — that is the default, no swarm required. Reach for a Lilly Pod swarm only when the goal is genuinely big: multi-phase lifecycle, large fan-out, or overnight and unattended runs.
01
Describe the big goal

Give Toad the outcome, not each terminal command. State what done looks like — the boss handles the plan and the breakdown.

02
The boss spawns parallel children

Lilly Pod stands up a boss agent that splits the goal into parallel child agents and assigns each a slice of the work.

03
Repair loops run automatically

When a child stalls or fails, the boss reruns and repairs it on its own — you do not have to babysit each step.

04
Watch live counts and alerts

The pod view shows children, progress, and alerts in real time. Status badges flag any swarm that needs a decision.

05
Get completion visibility

The boss reports when the goal is done. Each swarm stays tied to its workspace, so outputs and follow-ups land in the right repo context — across workspaces, from one pond.

When to reach for it

Swarm-sized work

Delegate to a Lilly Pod swarm when the job is too big to watch and too long to drive by hand.

Multi-phase goalsWork that moves through several stages a boss can sequence and coordinate.
Large fan-outMany parallel slices the boss spreads across child agents at once.
Overnight runsUnattended work you start and check on later instead of watching live.
Completion visibilityYou want the result and a report, not to steer every step yourself.