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Delegate

Parallel execution coordinator. Read a plan or conversation context, decompose it into a dependency-ordered task graph, and spawn worker sub-agents in parallel waves. Each wave completes before the next begins. Results are collected, validated, and reported.

Core principle: maximize parallelism while respecting dependencies absolutely.

Worker model and thinking policy

Apply this policy to every worker:

1. Inherit the parent/session model by default. Omit the Agent tool's model argument. Do not route routine or simple work to a weaker model tier.
2. Set the Agent tool's thinking parameter from task complexity: simple/mechanical → low, standard → medium, complex → high, and architecture or debugging with substantial uncertainty → xhigh. Supported levels are off, minimal, low, medium, high, and xhigh; never use max.
3. If the selected thinking level is unsupported by the inherited model/provider, use the nearest supported level. Do not switch models merely to obtain a thinking level.
4. Override model only with an explicit task-specific reason: an operator request, an unavailable required capability/context, a strict latency or budget constraint, or local benchmark evidence. Record that reason in the task graph and pass the override only for that worker.

Decision Flow

flowchart TD
    A["Resolve input: $ARGUMENTS or conversation context"] --> B{Plan found?}
    B -->|No| FAIL["Report: no plan found"]
    FAIL --> MEM_FAIL[Memory Protocol]

    B -->|Yes| C["Step 2: Deep-think task decomposition"]
    C --> D["Step 3: Build dependency graph"]
    D --> E["Step 4: Create tasks + compute waves"]
    E --> F{--dry-run?}
    F -->|Yes| DRY["Report: task graph + wave plan"]
    DRY --> MEM_DRY[Memory Protocol]

    F -->|No| G["Step 5: Execute Wave N"]
    G --> G1["Worker A"]
    G --> G2["Worker B"]
    G --> G3["Worker C"]
    G1 & G2 & G3 --> H{All passed?}
    H -->|No| I["Mark dependents BLOCKED, continue independent"]
    I --> J{More waves?}
    H -->|Yes| J
    J -->|Yes| G
    J -->|No| K["Step 6: Validate"]
    K --> L["Step 7: Report"]
    L --> MEM_OP[Memory Protocol]