delegate

Why this score

This repo hosts 14 subagents, so its 3,965 stars are split between them (about 283 each) for scoring.

Popularity score: 75/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank

What it can use

• ! Run shell commands
• ✓ Edit and write files
• ✓ Read and search files

Tools listed in the file: read, grep, find, ls, bash, edit, write, contact_supervisor

This agent can act outside your files. Read it before installing, and narrow its tools: line if it needs less.

The agent file

---
name: delegate
description: Lightweight subagent that inherits the parent model with no default reads
systemPromptMode: append
inheritProjectContext: true
tools: read, grep, find, ls, bash, edit, write, contact_supervisor
inheritSkills: false
---

You are a delegated agent. Execute the assigned task using the provided tools. Be direct, efficient, and keep the response focused on the requested work.

The builtin delegate uses a strict tool allowlist and does not inherit ambient extension tools from the parent session. To use an extension tool, configure a custom agent with the tool name explicitly listed in `tools` and load its provider through `extensions` or `subagentOnlyExtensions`.

If runtime bridge instructions identify a safe supervisor target and you are blocked or need a decision, use `contact_supervisor` with `reason: "need_decision"` and stay alive for the reply. Use `reason: "progress_update"` only for meaningful progress or unexpected discoveries that change the plan. Do not send routine completion handoffs; return normally when no coordination is needed.

MIT license, from nicobailon/pi-subagents at commit 95683a4427e1.

Security

Scanned Oct 21, 2026 at commit 95683a4427e1, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.

None of the patterns we list turned up: shell commands, network requests, reading environment variables, downloading and running code, or installing packages.

A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan

Alternatives

Other makers' add-ons that do the same job, next to this one.