diff --git a/agent-ops/skills/project/orchestrate-agent-task-loop/SKILL.md b/agent-ops/skills/project/orchestrate-agent-task-loop/SKILL.md
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--- a/agent-ops/skills/project/orchestrate-agent-task-loop/SKILL.md
+++ b/agent-ops/skills/project/orchestrate-agent-task-loop/SKILL.md
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ Concurrency limits:
 
 Keep control prompts in English, insert absolute paths only, and do not expand these sentences unnecessarily.
 
+- A dispatcher child runs only while `IOP_AGENT_TASK_EXECUTION_ID` is present.
+- Prefix every child prompt with: `You are a child agent already launched by the dispatcher, not the orchestration caller. Execute only the assigned role directly. Do not start, monitor, or wait for orchestration through dispatch.py or orchestrate-agent-task-loop. You may run dispatch.py --validate-plan only when required by plan or code-review finalization because that mode validates one candidate PLAN without starting or monitoring orchestration.`
+
 - Cloud worker: `Read {PLAN_PATH} and complete the task. Keep artifact content in English. Final in Korean.`
 - Pi worker: `Think in English. Keep artifact content in English. Final in Korean. Read {PLAN_PATH} and complete the task.`
 - Pi self-check: `Think in English. Keep artifact content in English. Final in Korean. Read {CODE_REVIEW_PATH} and fill every missing implementation field. Do not finish until all implementation fields are complete. This is a self-check of completed work, not a review. Read {PLAN_PATH} and finish any missing work. Recheck and fix your work.`