byjosiahsiegel· 48 skills
Parallel and concurrent processing patterns in bash including GNU Parallel, xargs -P, job pools, and async patterns (2025). PROACTIVELY activate for: (1) running tasks in parallel from bash, (2) xargs -P for parallel command execution, (3) GNU parallel for complex distribution, (4) background jobs with & and wait, (5) implementing a concurrency cap (job pool of N workers), (6) collecting exit codes from parallel children, (7) preventing race conditions in shared output files, (8) parallel file processing across many cores. Provides: xargs -P recipes, GNU parallel quick reference, job-pool implementations in pure bash, exit-code aggregation patterns, and FIFO-based work queues.
$npx -y skills add josiahsiegel/claude-plugin-marketplace --skill parallel-processing-patternsInstalls into the current project.
Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/josiahsiegel/claude-plugin-marketplace" --skill "josiahsiegel/claude-plugin-marketplace/parallel-processing-patterns"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/josiahsiegel/claude-plugin-marketplace" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/josiahsiegel/claude-plugin-marketplace"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.