Delegating Tasks

Agentic Tasks — Task Delegate

Delegates a task to another organization member. Changes Assignees to the recipient and appends delegation history to Context.

Step 1: Provider Detection + Identity Resolve

1. Load ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/detecting-provider/SKILL.md and determine active_provider. Skip if already set.
2. Load ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/resolving-identity/SKILL.md:
   • Resolve current_user (delegator identity).
   • Also resolve org_members (needed for recipient lookup).

Step 2: Identify the Task

If the user did not specify a task clearly:

• Use AskUserQuestion to ask for the task title or ID.
• Search Tasks DB for matching tasks; if multiple match, present a short list and ask the user to confirm.

Step 3: Identify the Recipient

1. Load ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/looking-up-members/SKILL.md.
2. Run member lookup with the recipient name/email the user provided.
3. Handle results:
   • 0 matches → inform the user and ask for a different name or email.
   • 1 match → confirm: "Delegate to {recipient.name}?"
   • 2–5 matches → present the list and ask the user to select one.

Step 3b: Content Quality Check

Before delegating, verify task content is sufficient for the recipient's agent to execute:

• If Acceptance Criteria is empty or under 20 characters: ask the user to provide completion conditions before delegating.
• If Description is empty: ask the user to provide a description before delegating.

These are non-blocking suggestions. Proceed with delegation if the user confirms.

Step 4: Update the Task

Apply the following field updates (other fields remain unchanged). Issuer is preserved (not modified) — it tracks the original task creator, not the current assignee.

Append format for the Context field:

Delegated from @{current_user.name} to @{recipient.name} on {YYYY-MM-DD}

(Optional) Confirm with the user and reset Status to Backlog (suggests re-triage).

Step 5: Push to View Server

After updating the task, push fresh data to the view server as described in the active provider's SKILL.md (Pushing Data to View Server section).

Step 6: Completion Message

Report:

Delegation complete: "{task title}" → @{recipient.name}
Delegation history has been appended to Context.
The recipient will see this task when they run managing-tasks (my tasks).

Field Constraints for Delegated Tasks

Do not set the following fields when assigning to another person (the recipient decides):

Language

Always respond in the user's language.