# claude-delegate

The skill hands one coding task to a separate Claude Code process, then leaves the diff review and the commit to you.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 6200 installs · ★ 2503
- Author: amElnagdy
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-delegate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/claude-delegate

## What it does

Your current agent becomes the orchestrator. It writes a brief for one bounded task, pipes it on stdin to a separate Claude Code process through `scripts/relay.mjs`, waits for `result.json`, reads the diff and commits. The implementer gets no chat history — only the brief and the working tree named by `--cd`. That means `AGENTS.md` has to be copied into the brief: Claude Code picks up `CLAUDE.md` on its own, not `AGENTS.md`.

Under the hood the relay runs `claude -p --output-format stream-json --verbose` and never commits. Flags cover the usual cases: `--read-only` for diagnosis, `--resume-last` and `--session <id>` to continue, `--max-turns` and `--max-budget-usd` for limits, `--timeout` for a hard deadline. `--autocompact` needs claude 2.1.221 or newer, otherwise dispatch fails on an unknown option.

Prerequisites are a working `claude` CLI (`claude auth status` reports the login), Node 18+ and git. On macOS a sandboxed orchestrator can lose Keychain access, and the CLI then reports `loggedIn: false` on a valid login — rerun the check outside that sandbox before hunting an account problem.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill claude-delegate -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/claude-delegate/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/claude-delegate/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill claude-delegate -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/claude-delegate/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill claude-delegate -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/claude-delegate/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install amElnagdy/delegate-skills claude-delegate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/claude-delegate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill claude-delegate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills --path skills/claude-delegate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/claude-delegate/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill claude-delegate -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-delegate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- push one task into a separate Claude Code session instead of your own context
- read the implementer's diff before anything lands
- send follow-up fixes to the same session with `--session <id>`
- cap background work by turns and spend
- dry-run a task read-only to see what the agent would touch

## Example prompts
- Delegate this to a separate Claude Code session: add validation to the parser, then show me the diff.
- Have another Claude implement it, then check the result and commit it yourself.
- Continue the recorded session: drop the unused import, leave the implementation alone.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: claude-delegate
description: >-
  Delegate a coding task to a separate Claude Code CLI process or another Claude session as an
  implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use only when the user explicitly asks to
  delegate implementation to Claude Code, another Claude session, or the `claude` CLI — for example,
  "have another Claude implement this", "delegate this to Claude Code", or "run this queue through a
  separate Claude session." Do not trigger merely because the current orchestrator is Claude, and do
  not use when the user asks the current Claude to implement directly without delegation.
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires the `claude` CLI (Claude Code) installed and authenticated, Node 18+, and git. The orchestrating agent must be able to run shell commands and read files. Claude's shell sandbox requires macOS, Linux, or WSL2; on native Windows the npm `claude.cmd` launch is verified and a direct `claude.exe` launch is pending verification. The optional --autocompact flag requires claude 2.1.221 or newer.
metadata:
  version: 0.5.0
---

# Claude Delegate

You are the **orchestrator**. Delegate one bounded coding task to a separate **implementer** — a Claude
Code CLI session — then review what it produced and land it yourself. You write the brief and own the
judgment; the separate Claude session edits the working tree; you verify and commit.

This skill is not a signal for the current Claude to implement directly. Use it only after the human
explicitly asks for delegation to another Claude Code process or session.

## When not to use this

- The human asked the current agent to implement the task directly.
- The task is small enough to do inline and the human did not request delegation.
- The `claude` CLI is missing or unauthenticated (`claude auth status`).
- The task needs a stronger host boundary than Claude Code's tool permissions and shell-only sandbox
  provide. Use an isolated container or VM for that requirement.

## Prerequisites

1. `claude --version` succeeds.
2. `claude auth status` reports an authenticated session. On macOS the live credentials sit in the
   login Keychain; when the orchestrator's own sandbox blocks Keychain access (Codex's sandbox
   does), `claude` falls back to a possibly stale credentials file and reports `loggedIn: false`
   even though the login is valid. Re-run the check — and the dispatch itself — with that sandbox
   escalated or outside it before concluding the CLI is unauthenticated.
```
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