delegation-patterns SKILL.md skillA

delegation-patterns from baphuongna/pi-crew is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add baphuongna/pi-crew/delegation-patterns@git:20261022.2697a16

Pins git:20261022.2697a16 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
baphuongna/pi-crew
Path
skills/delegation-patterns/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
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Latest version
git:20261022.2697a16, committed Oct 22, 2026
First version recorded
May 5, 2026
Size
5,826 bytes
Repository stars
59
License
MIT

Subagent/team delegation workflow. When NOT to use: pure read-only investigation (use read-only-explorer); pre-planning analysis (use scrutinize).

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# delegation-patterns

Use this skill when deciding how to delegate work.

## Source patterns distilled

- pi-subagents: foreground/background/parallel/chain execution, fork/fresh context, worktree isolation, result watcher
- pi-crew: `src/extension/team-tool/run.ts`, `src/runtime/team-runner.ts`, `src/runtime/task-graph-scheduler.ts`, builtin `teams/*.team.md`, `workflows/*.workflow.md`
- Existing pi-crew skill: `task-packet`

## Rules

- Delegate when tasks span multiple files/subsystems, need planning/review/verification, or can be independently researched.
- Do not parallelize edits to the same file, symbol, migration path, manifest/lockfile, or generated schema unless explicitly sequenced.
- Use read-only explorer/reviewer roles for source audit; implementation workers should receive narrow task packets.
- For async/background work, provide concrete objective, scope, constraints, outputs, and verification. Do not spin in wait loops; retrieve results when notified or when needed.
- For chain-style work, pass dependency outputs forward explicitly and require downstream workers to read upstream artifacts first.
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add baphuongna/pi-crew/delegation-patterns@sha256:7b7d95d8a29b32fa

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261022.2697a16, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5826 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source

GitHub

baphuongna/pi-crew · 59 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4hkxcazhh4t2auqo
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=baphuongna/pi-crew/delegation-patterns
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7b7d95d8a29b32fae2a978cd9fe0337876ab096fcc83e003d59b90b018cde9ad

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