cli/skills/delegate/SKILL.md

name, description

name	description
delegate	Delegate a single bounded task to another installed AI agent CLI as a subagent, with an explicit target CLI, required capability tags, or a forced model. Use when another CLI should do the work and return structured results; not for model inventory, plugin deployment, or tasks that must stay in the current agent.

delegate — hand a task to another CLI

Use this skill when the work should move to another installed AI agent CLI instead of staying in the current agent.

Steps

1. Split the request into one bounded goal. One goal means one subagent.
2. Detect the installed AI agent CLIs. Use only a target CLI that is actually present.
3. Choose the execution model.
   • If the user names a CLI, keep only that CLI.
   • If the user gives capability tags, keep only models that satisfy all tags.
   • If the user forces a model, use that exact model and fail if it does not satisfy the tags.
4. Build the subagent prompt.
   • Include the goal, the acceptance criteria, the target CLI, the model choice, and the minimum needed context.
   • Include /jsc-shared:spec-output.
   • State the write scope clearly. If no write scope is granted, say the subagent is read-only.
5. Spawn one subagent for the goal. Do not mix unrelated goals in the same subagent.
6. Verify the result before you report it.
   • Check the exit status.
   • Check that the return value is structured.
   • Check that the result covers the acceptance criteria.
   • Check that any writes stayed inside the allowed scope.
7. Report the verified result.
   • State the CLI, the model, the capability tags, and the outcome.
   • Separate success, failure, and anything that still needs user input.

Do not use this skill

• Do not use it for model inventory.
• Do not use it for plugin deployment.
• Do not use it for tasks that must stay inside the current agent.
• Do not use it when the task is not bounded enough to hand off cleanly.