# AI For Dummies — Agents and trees

← ROUTE MAP 02 / AGENTS & TREES field guide ↗

Subagent workflow

# One branch
per hand.

Agents work when roles, files, and evidence are bounded. A worktree gives each worker its own checkout while the orchestrator protects intent.

The tree

## Split at
the seam.

MAIN / ORCHESTRATOR`├── agent/ui → components + visual states · ├── agent/tests → acceptance + regressions · └── agent/docs → guide + examples · merge after each leaf returns a diff and evidence`
FRAME

## Orchestrator

Owns scope, task graph, boundaries, and integration.

HAND OFF

## Worker

Owns one coherent slice and one worktree.

PROVE

## Verifier

Re-runs gates and reports remaining gaps.

Handoff

## Context that
can travel.

01
Brief Goal, owned files, dependencies, non-goals, acceptance.
02
Isolation One branch and worktree per independent change.
03
Evidence Commands, result, changed files, screenshots, gaps.