---
slug: "Parallelize"
name: "Parallelize"
type: "Strategy"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Parallelize#c1c7"
sema_id: "sema:Parallelize#mh:SHA-256:c1c795defd6f4f9cab2823cf832ae91f5f0651bef082108bb494047d91be04a1"
tags: ["Mind","Strategy"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Parallelize/
related: ["Task","Aggregate","CognitiveBias","Mode","Parallel","Result","Strategy","DAG","FabricSharding"]
---

# Parallelize

Run subtasks simultaneously and aggregate

Layer: Mind · Category: Strategy

## Mechanism

Runs multiple LLM calls simultaneously and aggregates results. Two modes: Sectioning (split [Task](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Task.md) into independent subtasks, run in [Parallel](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Parallel.md), merge) and Voting (run same [Task](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Task.md) multiple times, [Aggregate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Aggregate.md) via majority [Mode](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Mode.md) or selection). Trades compute cost for speed and/or confidence. It spawns concurrent execution threads and employs [Aggregate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Aggregate.md) to unify the results into a final [Result](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Result.md).

## Invariants

- Independence: no subtask reads another subtask's output.
- Aggregation is chosen before fan-out, and subtasks are shaped to produce outputs it accepts.

## Preconditions

- Batch of tasks
- Multiple workers

## Postconditions

- All results aggregated, or the unaggregatable ones reported as such

## Failure modes

- Merge Conflicts: [Parallel](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Parallel.md) outputs are incompatible and can't be combined.
- Unanimous Wrong: All parallel paths make the same error.
- Aggregation [CognitiveBias](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/CognitiveBias.md): Merge [Strategy](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Strategy.md) systematically favors certain outputs.

## Signature

- `Parallel(Task)`
- `Aggregate(Result)`

## Builds on

- [Task](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Task.md) (Infrastructure; Accepts)
- [Aggregate](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Aggregate.md) (Infrastructure; Composes with)
- [CognitiveBias](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/CognitiveBias.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Mode](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Mode.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Parallel](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Parallel.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Result](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Result.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [Strategy](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Strategy.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

- [DAG](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/DAG.md) (Infrastructure; References)
- [FabricSharding](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/FabricSharding.md) (Society; References)

## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Parallelize#mh:SHA-256:c1c795defd6f4f9cab2823cf832ae91f5f0651bef082108bb494047d91be04a1`
- Ref: `Parallelize#c1c7`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Parallelize#mh:SHA-256:d6b4208180c697dc25cab65f9b3ed028aeb1beb6f871adf615266d9b5eaf5391`
  - `sema:Parallelize#mh:SHA-256:f2bb19914f4cd3913989e6ca37275db8c50b7af50b4733184cf07fabca4a66bf`
  - `sema:Parallelize#mh:SHA-256:5b4bc9d0ea71c6b181cb02a81dd64c7767e5ccbd0769277ce5a841fe5c2c9b0d`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Parallelize/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Parallelize)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Parallelize.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)