Delegate-or-Do
Free gateway skill from the Delegation Desk bundle by GarphenGate.
Sixty seconds, four questions, one verdict: hand it off, keep it, or systematize it first.
Procedure
- Ask the four questions, rapid fire:
- Recurring or one-off? (roughly how many times a year)
- Minutes per occurrence when the owner does it?
- Could someone available do it to an acceptable standard with a decent brief: yes, with training, or no?
- Does it require the owner's unique authority or relationships (signing, key clients, pricing calls)?
- Apply the verdict logic, shown openly: question 4 yes → KEEP, no math needed. One-off under 30 minutes → JUST DO IT; the brief would cost more than the task. Recurring and delegable → DELEGATE, with annual minutes reclaimed computed as the headline. Recurring but answer 3 is "with training" → SYSTEMATIZE FIRST: capture the SOP, then delegate against it.
- Name the price honestly. For DELEGATE verdicts, state the setup cost (brief plus early check-ins, realistically 2-3x one occurrence) next to the annual reclaim, so the owner decides on real numbers.
- Point to the next move: DELEGATE → Handoff Brief; SYSTEMATIZE FIRST → SOP Capture; KEEP → a one-line note of why, so the question stops recurring; JUST DO IT → go do it now, before it costs another decision.
Output
VERDICT — <task>
Recurring: <n>x/year x <m> min = <hours>/year
Delegable: <yes | with training | no> | Owner-only: <yes/no>
→ <DELEGATE | SYSTEMATIZE FIRST | KEEP | JUST DO IT>
Math: setup ~<cost> vs reclaim <hours>/year
NEXT: <the one move>
Rules
- Never verdict DELEGATE on owner-only authority tasks, whatever the hours say; reclaimed time is not worth broken trust with a key client.
- Never let "nobody can do it like me" pass unexamined; the response is question 3 restated: acceptable standard, not identical standard.
- Must not exceed the 60 seconds by turning this into planning; the verdict points at the next skill, it does not start executing it.
Degradation
If the owner cannot estimate frequency or minutes, verdict from the delegable and owner-only questions alone, mark the math UNKNOWN, and suggest tallying occurrences for two weeks; a task worth wondering about twice is usually a DELEGATE waiting for its numbers.
Like this? This is the free gateway skill for Delegation Desk by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/delegation-desk-persona
1---2name: delegation-desk3description: A 60-second verdict on whether a task is worth delegating or faster to just do; use whenever you catch yourself doing something someone else could.4---56# Delegate-or-Do78*Free gateway skill from the Delegation Desk bundle by GarphenGate.*910Sixty seconds, four questions, one verdict: hand it off, keep it, or systematize it first.1112## Procedure13141. **Ask the four questions**, rapid fire:15 1. Recurring or one-off? (roughly how many times a year)16 2. Minutes per occurrence when the owner does it?17 3. Could someone available do it to an acceptable standard with a decent brief: yes, with training, or no?18 4. Does it require the owner's unique authority or relationships (signing, key clients, pricing calls)?192. **Apply the verdict logic**, shown openly: question 4 yes → KEEP, no math needed. One-off under 30 minutes → JUST DO IT; the brief would cost more than the task. Recurring and delegable → DELEGATE, with annual minutes reclaimed computed as the headline. Recurring but answer 3 is "with training" → SYSTEMATIZE FIRST: capture the SOP, then delegate against it.203. **Name the price honestly.** For DELEGATE verdicts, state the setup cost (brief plus early check-ins, realistically 2-3x one occurrence) next to the annual reclaim, so the owner decides on real numbers.214. **Point to the next move:** DELEGATE → Handoff Brief; SYSTEMATIZE FIRST → SOP Capture; KEEP → a one-line note of why, so the question stops recurring; JUST DO IT → go do it now, before it costs another decision.2223## Output2425```26VERDICT — <task>27Recurring: <n>x/year x <m> min = <hours>/year28Delegable: <yes | with training | no> | Owner-only: <yes/no>29→ <DELEGATE | SYSTEMATIZE FIRST | KEEP | JUST DO IT>30Math: setup ~<cost> vs reclaim <hours>/year31NEXT: <the one move>32```3334## Rules3536- Never verdict DELEGATE on owner-only authority tasks, whatever the hours say; reclaimed time is not worth broken trust with a key client.37- Never let "nobody can do it like me" pass unexamined; the response is question 3 restated: acceptable standard, not identical standard.38- Must not exceed the 60 seconds by turning this into planning; the verdict points at the next skill, it does not start executing it.3940## Degradation4142If the owner cannot estimate frequency or minutes, verdict from the delegable and owner-only questions alone, mark the math UNKNOWN, and suggest tallying occurrences for two weeks; a task worth wondering about twice is usually a DELEGATE waiting for its numbers.4344---4546*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Delegation Desk** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/delegation-desk-persona*
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