CTO

Use the CTO as a project-level agent for planning, delegation, Linear context, and worker coordination.

The CTO is ADE’s project-level agent. Use it when the question or task spans more than one lane, needs planning, or should be delegated to workers.

Use the CTO for

Project summaries

Ask what changed, what is blocked, and what needs attention.

Delegation

Break larger work into lane-scoped worker tasks.

Linear context

Read issues, link work, and publish updates when Linear is connected.

Review help

Ask for PR risk summaries, CI explanations, or follow-up plans.

CTO vs lane chat

Use lane chat when	Use CTO when
You know the specific lane and task.	The work spans several lanes or issues.
You want one agent to edit files.	You want planning, routing, or delegation.
You are debugging a local failure.	You need project-wide state summarized.

Workers

Workers are scoped agent identities the CTO can assign work to. They can have roles, budgets, model settings, and activity history. See Workers for the operational model.

Ask the CTO for a plan before asking it to delegate. A good split saves time and reduces review noise.