> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# <Panel>

> Parallel specialist agents review the same input; a moderator synthesizes results.

```ts theme={null}
// Props
import { Panel } from "smithers-orchestrator";

type PanelistConfig = { agent: AgentLike; role?: string; label?: string };

type PanelProps = {
  id?: string;                                           // default: "panel"
  panelists: PanelistConfig[] | AgentLike[];
  moderator: AgentLike;
  panelistOutput: OutputTarget;
  moderatorOutput: OutputTarget;
  strategy?: "synthesize" | "vote" | "consensus";        // default: "synthesize"
  minAgree?: number;                                     // for "vote" / "consensus"
  maxConcurrency?: number;                               // default: Infinity
  skipIf?: boolean;
  children: string | ReactNode;                          // prompt sent to every panelist
};
```

```tsx theme={null}
<Workflow name="code-review-panel">
  <Panel
    panelists={[
      { agent: securityAgent, role: "Security Reviewer" },
      { agent: qualityAgent, role: "Code Quality Reviewer" },
      { agent: architectureAgent, role: "Architecture Reviewer" },
    ]}
    moderator={moderatorAgent}
    panelistOutput={outputs.review}
    moderatorOutput={outputs.synthesis}
  >
    Review the changes in src/auth/ for security, quality, and architecture concerns.
  </Panel>
</Workflow>
```

## Notes

* Panelist task ids: `{prefix}-{label|role|panelist-N}`; moderator is `{prefix}-moderator`.
* `strategy` and `minAgree` are passed as prompt context to the moderator, which interprets them.
* All panelists write to the same `panelistOutput` schema, differentiated by task id.

## Source

The `<Panel>` implementation and the files it imports, straight from the package source. This section is generated; edit the source, not this block.

<CodeGroup>
  ```js Panel.js theme={null}
  // @smithers-type-exports-begin
  /** @typedef {import("./PanelProps.ts").PanelProps} PanelProps */
  // @smithers-type-exports-end

  import React from "react";
  import { Sequence } from "./Sequence.js";
  import { Parallel } from "./Parallel.js";
  import { Task } from "./Task.js";
  /** @typedef {import("@smithers-orchestrator/agents/AgentLike").AgentLike} AgentLike */
  /** @typedef {import("./PanelistConfig.ts").PanelistConfig} PanelistConfig */

  /**
   * @param {PanelistConfig | AgentLike} entry
   * @param {number} index
   * @returns {PanelistConfig}
   */
  function normalizePanelist(entry, index) {
      if ("generate" in entry && !("agent" in entry)) {
          return { agent: entry, label: `panelist-${index}` };
      }
      return entry;
  }
  /**
   * <Panel> — Parallel specialists review the same input, then a moderator synthesizes.
   *
   * Composes: Sequence > Parallel[Task per panelist] > Task(moderator)
   * @param {PanelProps} props
   */
  export function Panel(props) {
      if (props.skipIf)
          return null;
      const { id, panelists, moderator, panelistOutput, moderatorOutput, strategy = "synthesize", minAgree, maxConcurrency, children, } = props;
      const prefix = id ?? "panel";
      const normalized = panelists.map(normalizePanelist);
      // Build parallel panelist tasks
      const panelistTasks = normalized.map((p, i) => {
          const taskId = `${prefix}-${p.label ?? p.role ?? `panelist-${i}`}`;
          return React.createElement(Task, {
              key: taskId,
              id: taskId,
              output: panelistOutput,
              agent: p.agent,
              label: p.role ?? p.label,
              children,
          });
      });
      const parallelEl = React.createElement(Parallel, { maxConcurrency }, ...panelistTasks);
      // Build needs map: each panelist task id -> its task id
      const needs = {};
      normalized.forEach((p, i) => {
          const taskId = `${prefix}-${p.label ?? p.role ?? `panelist-${i}`}`;
          needs[taskId] = taskId;
      });
      // Moderator prompt includes strategy metadata
      const strategyPrompt = strategy === "vote"
          ? `\n\nStrategy: VOTE. Count how many panelists agree. ${minAgree ? `Minimum agreement required: ${minAgree}.` : ""}`
          : strategy === "consensus"
              ? `\n\nStrategy: CONSENSUS. All panelists must converge. ${minAgree ? `Minimum agreement required: ${minAgree}.` : ""}`
              : `\n\nStrategy: SYNTHESIZE. Combine all panelist outputs into a single coherent result. Preserve each panelist's concrete, grounded findings verbatim (specific file paths, line numbers, identifiers, prior-PR references, and what already exists); reconcile disagreements with evidence. Do not over-generalize, drop specifics, or change the scope the panelists analyzed.`;
      const moderatorChildren = `Synthesize the following panelist outputs.${strategyPrompt}`;
      const moderatorTask = React.createElement(Task, {
          id: `${prefix}-moderator`,
          output: moderatorOutput,
          agent: moderator,
          needs,
          children: moderatorChildren,
      });
      return React.createElement(Sequence, null, parallelEl, moderatorTask);
  }
  ```

  ```js Sequence.js theme={null}
  import React from "react";
  /** @typedef {import("./SequenceProps.ts").SequenceProps} SequenceProps */

  /**
   * @param {SequenceProps} props
   */
  export function Sequence(props) {
      if (props.skipIf)
          return null;
      // Sequence carries no host props of its own; pass an empty bag (align with
      // the sanitizing structural components) so control props don't leak through.
      return React.createElement("smithers:sequence", {}, props.children);
  }
  ```

  ```js Parallel.js theme={null}
  import React from "react";
  /** @typedef {import("./ParallelProps.ts").ParallelProps} ParallelProps */

  /**
   * @param {ParallelProps} props
   */
  export function Parallel(props) {
      if (props.skipIf)
          return null;
      // Align prop sanitization with other structural components
      const next = {
          maxConcurrency: props.maxConcurrency,
          id: props.id,
      };
      return React.createElement("smithers:parallel", next, props.children);
  }
  ```

  ```js Task.js theme={null}
  // @smithers-type-exports-begin
  /**
   * @template D
   * @typedef {import("./InferDeps.ts").InferDeps<D>} InferDeps
   */
  /** @typedef {import("./OutputTarget.ts").OutputTarget} OutputTarget */
  // @smithers-type-exports-end

  import React from "react";
  import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
  import { markdownComponents } from "../markdownComponents.js";
  import { zodSchemaToJsonExample } from "../zod-to-example.js";
  import { SmithersError } from "@smithers-orchestrator/errors/SmithersError";
  import { SmithersContext } from "@smithers-orchestrator/react-reconciler/context";
  import { AspectContext } from "../aspects/AspectContext.js";
  import { AntigravityAgent } from "@smithers-orchestrator/agents/AntigravityAgent";
  import { ClaudeCodeAgent } from "@smithers-orchestrator/agents/ClaudeCodeAgent";
  import { GeminiAgent } from "@smithers-orchestrator/agents/GeminiAgent";
  import { PiAgent } from "@smithers-orchestrator/agents/PiAgent";
  /** @typedef {import("@smithers-orchestrator/agents/AgentLike").AgentLike} AgentLike */
  /** @typedef {import("./DepsSpec.ts").DepsSpec} DepsSpec */
  /**
   * @template Row, Output, D
   * @typedef {import("./TaskProps.ts").TaskProps<Row, Output, D>} TaskProps
   */

  /**
   * Render a prompt React node to plain markdown text.
   *
   * If the prompt is a React element (e.g. a compiled MDX component), we inject
   * `markdownComponents` via the standard MDX `components` prop so that
   * renderToStaticMarkup outputs clean markdown instead of HTML.
   * No HTML tag stripping or entity decoding needed.
   * @param {unknown} prompt
   * @returns {string}
   */
  export function renderPromptToText(prompt) {
      if (prompt == null)
          return "";
      if (typeof prompt === "string")
          return prompt;
      if (typeof prompt === "number")
          return String(prompt);
      try {
          let element;
          if (React.isValidElement(prompt)) {
              // Inject markdown components into the element so MDX components
              // render fragments instead of HTML tags.
              element = React.cloneElement(prompt, {
                  components: markdownComponents,
              });
          }
          else {
              element = React.createElement(React.Fragment, null, prompt);
          }
          return renderToStaticMarkup(element)
              .replace(/\n{3,}/g, "\n\n")
              .trim();
      }
      catch (err) {
          const result = String(prompt ?? "");
          if (result === "[object Object]") {
              throw new SmithersError("MDX_PRELOAD_INACTIVE", `MDX prompt could not be rendered — the prompt resolved to [object Object] instead of a React component.\n\n` +
                  `This usually means the MDX preload is not active. Common causes:\n` +
                  `  • bunfig.toml uses [run] preload instead of top-level preload (the [run] section doesn't apply to dynamic imports)\n` +
                  `  • bunfig.toml is not in the current working directory\n` +
                  `  • mdxPlugin() is not registered in the preload script\n` +
                  `  • The MDX file is imported without a default import (use: import MyPrompt from "./prompt.mdx")\n\n` +
                  `Original error: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`);
          }
          return result;
      }
  }
  /**
   * @param {unknown} value
   * @returns {value is import("zod").ZodObject<import("zod").ZodRawShape>}
   */
  function isZodObject(value) {
      return Boolean(value && typeof value === "object" && "shape" in value);
  }
  /**
   * @param {DepsSpec | undefined} deps
   * @param {Record<string, string> | undefined} needs
   * @returns {string[] | undefined}
   */
  function deriveDepNodeIds(deps, needs) {
      if (!deps)
          return undefined;
      const ids = new Set();
      for (const key of Object.keys(deps)) {
          const nodeId = needs?.[key] ?? key;
          if (nodeId)
              ids.add(nodeId);
      }
      return ids.size > 0 ? [...ids] : undefined;
  }
  /**
   * @param {string[] | undefined} dependsOn
   * @param {string[] | undefined} depNodeIds
   * @returns {string[] | undefined}
   */
  function mergeDependsOn(dependsOn, depNodeIds) {
      const merged = new Set();
      for (const id of dependsOn ?? [])
          merged.add(id);
      for (const id of depNodeIds ?? [])
          merged.add(id);
      return merged.size > 0 ? [...merged] : undefined;
  }
  /**
   * @param {any} ctx
   * @param {DepsSpec | undefined} deps
   * @param {Record<string, string> | undefined} needs
   * @returns {Record<string, unknown> | null}
   */
  function resolveDeps(ctx, deps, needs) {
      if (!deps)
          return Object.create(null);
      const keys = Object.keys(deps);
      if (keys.length === 0)
          return Object.create(null);
      const resolved = Object.create(null);
      for (const key of keys) {
          const target = deps[key];
          const nodeId = needs?.[key] ?? key;
          const value = ctx.outputMaybe(target, { nodeId });
          if (value === undefined)
              return null;
          resolved[key] = value;
      }
      return resolved;
  }
  /**
   * @param {AgentLike} agent
   * @param {string[] | undefined} allowTools
   * @returns {AgentLike}
   */
  function applyCliToolAllowlist(agent, allowTools) {
      if (!allowTools) {
          return agent;
      }
      if (agent instanceof ClaudeCodeAgent) {
          const opts = { ...agent.opts };
          if (allowTools.length === 0) {
              return new ClaudeCodeAgent({
                  ...opts,
                  allowedTools: [],
                  tools: "",
              });
          }
          return new ClaudeCodeAgent({
              ...opts,
              allowedTools: [...allowTools],
          });
      }
      if (agent instanceof PiAgent) {
          const opts = { ...agent.opts };
          if (allowTools.length === 0) {
              return new PiAgent({
                  ...opts,
                  tools: [],
                  noTools: true,
              });
          }
          return new PiAgent({
              ...opts,
              tools: [...allowTools],
              noTools: false,
          });
      }
      if (agent instanceof GeminiAgent) {
          const opts = { ...agent.opts };
          return new GeminiAgent({
              ...opts,
              allowedTools: [...allowTools],
          });
      }
      if (agent instanceof AntigravityAgent) {
          const opts = { ...agent.opts };
          return new AntigravityAgent({
              ...opts,
              allowedTools: [...allowTools],
          });
      }
      return agent;
  }
  /**
   * @param {unknown} ctx
   * @param {string[] | undefined} allowTools
   * @returns {string[] | undefined}
   */
  function resolveCliToolAllowlist(ctx, allowTools) {
      if (allowTools !== undefined) {
          return allowTools;
      }
      const cliAgentToolsDefault = ctx && typeof ctx === "object"
          ? ctx.__smithersRuntime?.cliAgentToolsDefault
          : undefined;
      return cliAgentToolsDefault === "explicit-only" ? [] : undefined;
  }
  /**
   * @template Row, Output, D
   * @param {TaskProps<Row, Output, D>} props
   * @returns {React.ReactElement | null}
   */
  export function Task(props) {
      const { children, agent, fallbackAgent, deps, ...rest } = props;
      const taskContext = props.smithersContext ?? SmithersContext;
      const ctx = React.useContext(taskContext);
      const aspectCtx = React.useContext(AspectContext);
      const depNodeIds = deriveDepNodeIds(deps, rest.needs);
      if (deps && !ctx) {
          throw new SmithersError("CONTEXT_OUTSIDE_WORKFLOW", "Task deps require a workflow context. Build the workflow with createSmithers().");
      }
      const resolvedDeps = deps ? resolveDeps(ctx, deps, rest.needs) : undefined;
      if (deps && resolvedDeps == null) {
          // Deps not yet available — component defers until upstream tasks complete.
          // This is normal reactive behavior; the task will re-render once deps are
          // ready. Record the deferral so the engine can distinguish a transient wait
          // from a permanent one: a deferral that survives to quiescence means a
          // dependency that can never resolve (e.g. a deps key that maps to a node id
          // no task produces), which would otherwise be a silent skip.
          ctx?.recordDeferredDep?.(props.id, depNodeIds ?? []);
          return null;
      }
      // Build aspect metadata to attach to the task element so the engine can
      // enforce budgets and track metrics at execution time.
      const aspectMeta = aspectCtx ? buildAspectMeta(aspectCtx) : undefined;
      const agentChain = Array.isArray(agent)
          ? fallbackAgent
              ? [...agent, fallbackAgent]
              : agent
          : agent && fallbackAgent
              ? [agent, fallbackAgent]
              : agent;
      const effectiveAllowTools = resolveCliToolAllowlist(ctx, rest.allowTools);
      const restrictedAgentChain = Array.isArray(agentChain)
          ? agentChain.map((entry) => applyCliToolAllowlist(entry, effectiveAllowTools))
          : agentChain
              ? applyCliToolAllowlist(agentChain, effectiveAllowTools)
              : agentChain;
      const nextDependsOn = mergeDependsOn(rest.dependsOn, depNodeIds);
      const childValue = typeof children === "function" && (agent || deps)
          ? children(resolvedDeps ?? Object.create(null))
          : children;
      if (agent) {
          // Auto-inject `schema` prop into React element children when output is a ZodObject
          let childElement = childValue;
          const schemaForInjection = props.outputSchema ??
              (isZodObject(props.output) ? props.output : undefined);
          if (React.isValidElement(childValue) && schemaForInjection) {
              childElement = React.cloneElement(childValue, {
                  schema: zodSchemaToJsonExample(schemaForInjection),
              });
          }
          const prompt = renderPromptToText(childElement);
          return React.createElement("smithers:task", {
              ...rest,
              dependsOn: nextDependsOn,
              waitAsync: rest.async === true,
              agent: restrictedAgentChain,
              __smithersKind: "agent",
              ...aspectMeta,
          }, prompt);
      }
      if (typeof children === "function" && !deps) {
          const nextProps = {
              ...rest,
              dependsOn: nextDependsOn,
              waitAsync: rest.async === true,
              __smithersKind: "compute",
              __smithersComputeFn: children,
              ...aspectMeta,
          };
          return React.createElement("smithers:task", nextProps, null);
      }
      const nextProps = {
          ...rest,
          dependsOn: nextDependsOn,
          waitAsync: rest.async === true,
          __smithersKind: "static",
          __smithersPayload: childValue,
          __payload: childValue,
          ...aspectMeta,
      };
      return React.createElement("smithers:task", nextProps, null);
  }
  /**
   * Build the __aspects metadata object from the current AspectContext.
   * This is attached to the smithers:task element props so the engine can read
   * budgets and tracking config at execution time.
   * @param {{
   *     tokenBudget?: unknown;
   *     latencySlo?: unknown;
   *     tracking?: unknown;
   *     accumulator?: unknown;
   * }} aspectCtx
   * @returns {{ __aspects: Record<string, unknown> }}
   */
  function buildAspectMeta(aspectCtx) {
      return {
          __aspects: {
              tokenBudget: aspectCtx.tokenBudget,
              latencySlo: aspectCtx.latencySlo,
              tracking: aspectCtx.tracking,
              accumulator: aspectCtx.accumulator,
          },
      };
  }
  ```

  ```ts PanelProps.ts theme={null}
  import type React from "react";
  import type { AgentLike } from "@smithers-orchestrator/agents/AgentLike";
  import type { PanelistConfig } from "./PanelistConfig.ts";
  import type { OutputTarget } from "./OutputTarget.ts";

  export type PanelProps = {
  	id?: string;
  	panelists: PanelistConfig[] | AgentLike[];
  	moderator: AgentLike;
  	panelistOutput: OutputTarget;
  	moderatorOutput: OutputTarget;
  	strategy?: "synthesize" | "vote" | "consensus";
  	minAgree?: number;
  	maxConcurrency?: number;
  	skipIf?: boolean;
  	children: string | React.ReactNode;
  };
  ```

  ```ts PanelistConfig.ts theme={null}
  import type { AgentLike } from "@smithers-orchestrator/agents/AgentLike";

  export type PanelistConfig = {
  	agent: AgentLike;
  	role?: string;
  	label?: string;
  };
  ```
</CodeGroup>