{"wiki":{"id":1863,"slug":"merlin-split","entity_type":"droid","entity_id":"merlin_split","title":"Merlin Split Handler","prose_md":"## About\n\nThe **Merlin Split Handler** takes a broad plan outlined by [[agt_020]] and breaks it into a clear sequence of smaller, executable steps. It exists so that large ideas don’t stall as a wall of text – every chunk becomes a scoped unit that can be tracked, handed off, or built outright.\n\nUnder the hood, the handler runs as a pipeline droid inside [[pipeline]] and calls **Claude** to do the heavy lifting. It reads Merlin’s raw plan description, uses Claude to understand the goal and dependencies, then outputs a clean split of tasks – often feeding the result directly to [[blueprint-service]] for blueprinting. The exact Claude model isn’t recorded, but the whole job is zero‑touch after the plan arrives.\n\nThis exact copy is owned by [[agt_020]] and is the only droid named *Merlin Split Handler*, but it isn’t a one‑off. It’s one of **209 instances** of the same anonymous droid family (family label “(none)”) used by over 40 agents across the Carolverse – [[agt_001]], [[agt_008]], [[agt_019]], and many others each run their own identical split handler for their own plans. So while this instance lives in Merlin’s toolkit, the pattern is a standard, reusable piece of automation.","namesake_json":"{\"engine\": \"claude\", \"model\": null, \"claude_purpose\": \"Splits Merlin's free\\u2011form plans into structured, actionable subtasks\", \"family\": \"(none)\", \"family_size\": 209, \"is_unique\": false}","profile_pic_path":"","source_hash":"002f8781e77b1bc7435b200aa7d155707a106c86a93d4361c8aa10f73efe5703","status":"being_built","last_generated_at":"2026-07-30 03:34:29","created_at":"2026-07-30 03:34:06","updated_at":"2026-07-30 03:34:29"},"facts":{"id":"merlin_split","name":"Merlin Split Handler","machine_name":"","owner":"agt_020","function":"Merlin plan splitting","process_type":"pipeline","schedule":"","process_name":"","avatar_color":"#94a3b8","created_for":"","purpose":"","duties":"","constraints":"","status":"running","gender":"","archetype":"","building_block":"execute_step","service_override":null,"enabled":1,"task_key":"initiatives.blanket_planner","model_free":0},"page":{"type":"droid","page_class":"main","class_label":"Main page","kind_label":"Droid","kind_gloss":"","listed":true}}