Orchard

Multi-sprint orchestration and dependency tracking.

12 sprints running. One command to see them all. Orchard coordinates parallel research across teams with dependency graphs, conflict detection, and unified dashboards.

Install

npm install -g @grainulation/orchard

Or use directly:

npx @grainulation/orchard status

Quick start

Create orchard.json in your project root:

{
  "sprints": [
    {
      "path": "./sprints/auth-scaling",
      "question": "How should we scale auth for 10x traffic?",
      "depends_on": [],
      "assigned_to": "alice",
      "deadline": "2026-03-20",
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "path": "./sprints/data-migration",
      "question": "What's the safest migration path for the user table?",
      "depends_on": ["./sprints/auth-scaling"],
      "assigned_to": "bob",
      "deadline": "2026-03-25",
      "status": "active"
    }
  ]
}

Then:

orchard plan        # Show the dependency graph
orchard status      # Check status of all sprints
orchard sync        # Sync status from sprint directories
orchard dashboard   # Generate unified HTML dashboard

What it does

• Sprint dependency graphs -- "sprint B needs sprint A's results first"
• Cross-sprint conflict detection -- when two sprints reach opposing conclusions
• Team assignment -- who's running which sprint
• Unified status dashboard across all active sprints
• Sprint scheduling and deadline tracking
• Topological sort -- determines execution order, flags cycles

CLI

Command	Description
orchard plan	Show sprint dependency graph
orchard status	Show status of all tracked sprints
orchard assign <path> <person>	Assign a person to a sprint
orchard sync	Sync sprint states from directories
orchard dashboard [outfile]	Generate unified HTML dashboard
orchard init	Initialize orchard.json
orchard serve	Start the portfolio dashboard web server

Conflict detection

Orchard flags two types of cross-sprint conflicts:

1. Opposing recommendations -- two sprints make recommendations on the same topic that contradict
2. Constraint-recommendation tension -- one sprint's constraints conflict with another's recommendations

Zero third-party dependencies

Depends only on @grainulation/barn (internal ecosystem utilities); no third-party runtime deps. Node built-ins otherwise.

Part of the grainulation ecosystem

Tool	Role
wheat	Research engine -- grow structured evidence
farmer	Permission dashboard -- approve AI actions in real time
barn	Shared tools -- templates, validators, sprint detection
mill	Format conversion -- export to PDF, CSV, slides, 26 formats
silo	Knowledge storage -- reusable claim libraries and packs
harvest	Analytics -- cross-sprint patterns and prediction scoring
orchard	Orchestration -- multi-sprint coordination and dependencies
grainulation	Unified CLI -- single entry point to the ecosystem

Releases

See CHANGELOG.md for release history.

License

MIT