# Quick Start

Once the plugin is loaded (see [Installation & Setup](/claude-code/getting-started/installation/)), its components are available as namespaced identifiers in your session.

**Choose the workflow before choosing the orchestrator:** maestria adds coordination and review sessions. For small changes or expensive, slow models,
  direct execution or one specialist is often the better path. Read [When to use
  maestria](/core/when-to-use/) first.

## Start a Session

Launch Claude Code with the plugin loaded:

```bash
claude --plugin-dir ./packages/claude-code
```

## Delegate to a Specialist

Call any specialist directly by its namespaced name:

```markdown
@maestria:adventurer Explore the auth module and trace the login flow.
```

The specialists are `@maestria:adventurer`, `@maestria:architect`, `@maestria:builder`, `@maestria:diagnose`, `@maestria:planner`, `@maestria:reviewer`, and `@maestria:writer`. See the [Specialist Reference](/core/agents/) for role details.

## Use the Orchestrator

For unfamiliar, multi-file, or high-risk work, run the orchestrator skill to route the work through the right specialists:

```markdown
/maestria:orchestrator I need to add rate limiting to the API. Plan and implement it.
```

The orchestrator decomposes the task, delegates to specialists, and integrates the results. It does not implement work it has delegated.

## Select a Pipeline Mode

Three namespaced workflow commands control pipeline depth:

- `/maestria:fein` - full pipeline: recon, design, implement, review
- `/maestria:sonar` - research only: owning specialist, optional distinct specialist, STOP
- `/maestria:blitz` - fast path: direct or `maestria:builder` (skip optional ceremony; required review remains)

```markdown
/maestria:fein add rate limiting to the API.
```

The orchestrator routes work through [thinker, worker, verifier](/core/agents/#orchestration-model) roles; see [Modes](/core/agents/#modes) for keyword precedence and detection. The `maestria:global-rules` skill preloads into every specialist at startup.

## Next Steps

- [Specialist Reference](/core/agents/) - Full docs for all 7 specialists plus the orchestrator
- [Workflow Patterns](/core/workflow-patterns/) - Orchestration and pipeline patterns