Delegation Triggers
Explicit rules for when to spawn subagents vs. work directly, tuned against a 408-run benchmark.
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 14, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · f4ccf89
Applied to a real fan-out-or-not decision (12 independent auth-check files vs. one date-parsing function), it produced a decisive split -- parallel audit subagents for the files, direct work for the single function -- where unguided judgment just hedged; its 'Opus 4.8 under-delegates' claim checks out against the repo's own published 408-run benchmark table.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 8/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What Delegation Triggers does
A short decision heuristic for agentic coding sessions: fan work out to parallel subagents when items are independent, a broad search only needs its conclusion, or fresh-context verification is needed; otherwise work directly. Triggers whenever an agent (or its user) is deciding whether a task is worth delegating -- multi-file audits, broad research, verification passes -- rather than defaulting to intuition. Pairs with a sibling 'verification-loop' skill in the same repo.
How to install Delegation Triggers
git clone https://github.com/vitaliikapliuk/modelharness
cd modelharness
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/delegation-triggers ~/.claude/skills/delegation-triggers
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Delegation Triggers
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/delegation-triggersExplicit rules for when to spawn subagents vs. work directly, tuned against a 408-run benchmark.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Should I spawn parallel subagents for these fifteen config files? -
Is this task worth delegating, or should I just do it myself? -
We have twelve independent audits, worth fanning out to agents?
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Delegation Triggers skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from vitaliikapliuk/modelharness. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Delegation Triggers work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Applied to a real fan-out-or-not decision (12 independent auth-check files vs. one date-parsing function), it produced a decisive split -- parallel audit subagents for the files, direct work for the single function -- where unguided judgment just hedged; its 'Opus 4.8 under-delegates' claim checks out against the repo's own published 408-run benchmark table.
- What is the Delegation Triggers SkillProof Score?
- 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install Delegation Triggers?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Delegation Triggers with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.