# vibe-delegate

This skill sends a bounded coding task to the Mistral Vibe CLI, then reviews the diff and commits it for you. Useful when you want to stay the reviewer.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3200 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/vibe-delegate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/vibe-delegate

## What it does

The skill lays out a five-step loop. You write the brief first: goal, current state, what to change, what to leave alone, the project's real gates, and a report contract. Vibe sees only that text plus whatever it can inspect in the workspace, so there is no chat history to lean on.

Dispatch goes through the bundled `scripts/relay.mjs`, which wraps Vibe's headless `--prompt` mode, captures the event stream and writes `result.json`. Flags cover turn and cost limits (`--max-turns`, `--max-price`, `--max-tokens`), read-only planning (`--plan-only`), unrestricted execution (`--full-access`) and session resumption (`--resume-last`, `--session <id>`). By default Vibe runs as `accept-edits` and edits files inside the target worktree. Approval-gated shell commands, including most project gates, are denied in headless runs, so the orchestrator runs the gates instead. `--full-access` drops tool approvals and allows arbitrary shell execution under your user account, which is why it needs explicit human authorization.

Before the first run you need `uv` and Mistral Vibe itself: `uv tool install mistral-vibe`, then a key via `vibe --setup` or the `MISTRAL_API_KEY` environment variable. Confirm `vibe --version` works. Treat Vibe's gate claims as claims — rerun the gates yourself and read the diff against the brief, starting with `touchedFiles`. The orchestrator commits, and only once the gates pass.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill vibe-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/vibe-delegate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- hand a bounded coding task to Mistral Vibe without losing context
- run a queue of tasks through Vibe while staying the reviewer
- check Vibe's diff against the brief and rerun the gates
- send a delta brief with `--resume-last` to fix what came back wrong
- cap run cost with `--max-turns` and `--max-price`

## Example prompts
- delegate this to Vibe: add retries to the payments client
- run the export module refactor through Mistral Vibe, then show me the diff
- resume the last Vibe session with a delta brief: handle the empty response case

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: vibe-delegate
description: >-
  Delegate a coding task to the Mistral Vibe CLI (`vibe`) as a background implementer, then review its
  diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work to Vibe —
  phrasings like "have Vibe implement X", "delegate this to Vibe", "run it through Mistral Vibe", "use
  vibe to implement/fix/refactor" — or wants to run a queue of coding tasks through Vibe while staying
  the reviewer. DO NOT USE for tasks small enough to do inline, or when the user wants the code written
  directly without delegating.
license: MIT
metadata:
  version: 0.5.0
---

# Vibe Delegate

You are the **orchestrator**. Hand a bounded coding task to a separate **implementer** — the Mistral
Vibe CLI (`vibe`) — then review what it produced and land it yourself. You write the brief and own
the judgment; Vibe does the typing in its own session; you verify and commit.

The loop needs only a shell command and file access, so any comparable orchestrator can drive it.

## When NOT to use this

- The task is small enough to do inline; delegation overhead is not worth it.
- The `vibe` CLI is not installed or authenticated.

## Prerequisites (check once)

1. Install [`uv`](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/), then Mistral Vibe:
   - `uv tool install mistral-vibe`
2. Configure your API key with `vibe --setup`, or set `MISTRAL_API_KEY` in the environment.
3. Confirm `vibe --version` succeeds.
4. Work in, or point `--cd` at, the target git repository.

## The loop

Run these five steps per task. Steps 1, 4, and 5 require judgment; 2 and 3 are mechanical.

### 1. Write the brief

Vibe sees only the text you send plus what it can inspect in the workspace — no chat history or shared
context. Include the goal, current state, what to change, what to leave untouched, the project's
**actual** gates, and a report contract. Tell Vibe not to commit. Keep one task per brief. See
[references/writing-the-brief.md](references/writing-the-brief.md).

Default mode cannot approve most shell commands headlessly, so the orchestrator runs the gates. Ask
Vibe to run them only when the human explicitly authorized `--full-access`.

### 2. Dispatch
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