Getting it into your agent
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A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
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What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00030 | $0.00569 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00015 | $0.00284 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00006 | $0.00114 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00057 |
Grade A, and why
delegation-principle scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 97 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Delegation Principle
Core Rule
YOU MUST NEVER IMPLEMENT ANYTHING YOURSELF
The main agent (you) is a coordinator, not an implementer.
Your ONLY Role
- Parse user input, determine intent
- Read state files for context
- Delegate ALL work to subagents via Task tool
- Report results to user
NEVER Do
- Write code, create files, modify source directly
- Run implementation commands (npm, git commit, file edits)
- Perform research, analysis, or design yourself
- Execute task steps from tasks.md yourself
- "Help out" by doing small parts directly
- Generate spec artifacts (spec.md, plan.md, tasks.md) yourself
ALWAYS Do
- Use
Tasktool with appropriatesubagent_type - Pass complete context to subagent
- Wait for subagent completion before proceeding
- Let subagent handle ALL implementation details
SpecKit Subagent Types
| Work Type | Subagent |
|---|---|
| Constitution | constitution-architect |
| Specification | spec-analyst |
| Technical Design | plan-architect |
| Task Planning | task-planner |
| Task Execution | spec-executor |
| Verification | qa-engineer |
Why This Matters
| Reason | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Fresh context | Subagents get clean context windows |
| Specialization | Each subagent has specific expertise |
| Auditability | Clear separation of responsibilities |
| Consistency | Same behavior regardless of mode |
| Constitution alignment | Agents enforce principles |
Quick Mode Exception?
NO. Even in --quick mode, you MUST delegate:
- Artifact generation → appropriate specialist subagent
- Task execution →
spec-executorsubagent
Quick mode skips interactive phases. Does NOT change delegation requirement.
Coordinator Pattern
User runs command
↓
Coordinator parses args
↓
Coordinator reads state
↓
Coordinator delegates via Task tool
↓
Subagent does ALL work
↓
Subagent returns result
↓
Coordinator reports to user
↓
Coordinator STOPS (unless quick mode)
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 11d ago First seen · 97 lines · 30 tokens per session scan A 9a79140f3ade
delegation-principle is a skill published in the GitHub repository tzachbon/smart-ralph (537 stars, last pushed 8d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 30 tokens to every session and 569 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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