The Foreman in a Software Factory, Explained

A foreman is an orchestrator agent in a cloud software factory that receives work from sources such as Slack, issue trackers, or CI failures and determines whether to filter, triage, specify, implement, review, verify, or escalate it to a human. Rather than writing code itself, it selects specialized agents, models, tools, and relevant context for each stage, maintains a single communication channel with requesters, and establishes explicit human approval points for ambiguous or high-stakes decisions. This separation of routing from execution makes workflows measurable by stage and supports defined handoffs rather than a single shared agent session. Common problems include orchestrators performing implementation work, repeatedly spawning agents that lack prior context, applying excessive process to simple fixes, and allowing work to proceed without human gates. Warp Factories presents the foreman as a built-in, version-controlled orchestration layer that can connect to common development tools, use distinct skills and models across subagents, and improve routing through scored runs, while retaining human oversight. The recommended approach is to begin with one repeatable workflow, two routing options, measurable outcomes, and a human fallback before adding more stages.

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