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Delegation Principle · tzachbon | DecimalAI

agent toolingby tzachbon

Delegation Principle

tzachbon/delegation-principle

Source tzachbon/smart-ralph ↗License MIT

Core principle that the main agent is a coordinator, not an implementer. All work must be delegated to subagents.

SkillScore23Maintained

Automatic

AI Engineer pack

Last verified 8/20/2026

What it changes

Passed 3 of 11 test cases with the skill, and 2 of 11 without it.

Without skill14%

With skill23%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Delegates verification checks using the Task tool with subagent_type qa-engineer
Delegates technical design review using the Task tool with subagent_type plan-architect
Reports completion status to the user and halts execution until user triggers next command

2 fixed3 passed either way17 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +9 pp
Tokens: -38%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -50%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/20/2026v15 of 22 cases passed with skill · 11 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/tzachbon-delegation-principle/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/tzachbon-delegation-principle/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add tzachbon-delegation-principle, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/tzachbon-delegation-principle/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add tzachbon-delegation-principle

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/tzachbon-delegation-principle/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/tzachbon-delegation-principle/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/tzachbon-delegation-principle/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/tzachbon-delegation-principle.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 2 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 2

Prompt

The spec-analyst subagent completed spec.md and set awaitingApproval: true. What should you do next?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Reports completion status to the user and halts execution until user triggers next command	Missed	Passed
Refrains from automatically initiating technical design without user approval	Passed	Passed

case-11 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/20/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md90 linessingle file

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 Task tool with appropriate subagent_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`

Track record

Benchmark

3 / 11

test cases passed, vs 2 / 11 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

tzachbon / smart-ralph

plugins/ralph-speckit/skills/delegation-principle/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1

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What's inside

Delegation Principle

Core Rule

Your ONLY Role

NEVER Do

ALWAYS Do

SpecKit Subagent Types

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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