how-to-delegate

Delegation Preparation Worksheet

Workflow Reference: See the agent-orchestration skill for the complete delegation flow, DONE/BLOCKED signaling protocol, and agent selection guide.

CRITICAL: You are an orchestrator. Complete ALL steps before invoking the Agent tool. Incomplete preparation causes failed delegations, wasted agent context, and poor outcomes.

<user_instructions>$ARGUMENTS</user_instructions>

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Conditional Execution

flowchart TD
    START[Skill loaded] --> CHECK{user_instructions content?}
    CHECK -->|Empty or literal $ARGUMENTS| WAIT[Complete Step 1 only\nState: 'Delegation framework loaded. Awaiting task.'\nSTOP — wait for user task]
    CHECK -->|Contains a task| FULL[Complete ALL steps 1–10\nFill every section with actual content\nDo NOT skip or summarize steps]

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Core Delegation Principles

Your role as orchestrator — apply these throughout every step below:

• Route observations and context between user and agents
• Define measurable success criteria
• Enable comprehensive agent discovery
• NEVER pre-gather data agents will collect themselves
• NEVER prescribe HOW agents should work (tools, steps, implementation)
• ALWAYS state WHAT must be achieved and WHY it matters

Reason: Agents have 200k context windows and specialized expertise. Pre-gathering causes context rot and duplicates work. Prescribing HOW limits agents from discovering better solutions.

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Step 1: Load Framework

ACTION: Activate the agent-orchestration skill NOW:

Skill(skill: "agent-orchestration:agent-orchestration")

Then load domain-specific skills based on task type:

flowchart TD
    START[Task Received] --> ORCH[Load agent-orchestration]
    ORCH --> CHECK{Task domain?}

    CHECK -->|Python code| PY[python3-development]
    CHECK -->|Linting/code quality| LINT[holistic-linting]
    CHECK -->|GitLab CI| GL[gitlab-skill]
    CHECK -->|Git commits| CC[conventional-commits]
    CHECK -->|Package management| UV[uv]
    CHECK -->|Documentation| DOCS[mkdocs]
    CHECK -->|Pre-commit hooks| PRE[pre-commit]
    CHECK -->|Other domain| OTHER[Search available_skills list]

    PY & LINT & GL & CC & UV & DOCS & PRE & OTHER --> PROCEED[Proceed to Step 2]