claude-delegate

name	claude-delegate
description	Delegate coding tasks to a separate Claude Code CLI process or Claude session only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.
risk	safe
category	agent-orchestration
source	https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills
source_repo	amElnagdy/delegate-skills
source_type	community
date_added	2026-08-26
license	MIT
license_source	https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills/blob/master/LICENSE
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; native Windows launch is pending verification.
metadata	{"version":"0.5.0"}

Claude Delegate

When to Use

• You want to delegate a bounded coding task to a separate claude implementer (Claude Code) and then review its diff yourself.
• The user explicitly asked for delegation to this implementer.

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.
3. The target repository is the directory passed with --cd.
4. On Linux/WSL2, Claude's sandbox dependencies are installed. The normal relay profile is configured to fail when the sandbox is unavailable instead of silently running shell commands unsandboxed. Existing merged settings can still affect the effective boundary.

The loop

1. Write the brief

The separate session has no orchestrator chat history. It receives the brief on stdin and can inspect the target working tree.

Claude Code automatically discovers the target project's CLAUDE.md and normal local Claude configuration because the relay does not use --bare. It does not generically auto-load AGENTS.md. Read AGENTS.md yourself and copy every load-bearing constraint and the real gate commands into the brief. Tell the implementer not to commit. Keep one task per brief.