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Zcode Delegate skill

zcode-delegateamElnagdy/delegate-skillsskills/zcode-delegate/SKILL.md

Delegate a coding task to the Z.AI ZCode CLI as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to hand implementation work to ZCode — phrasings like "have ZCode do X", "delegate this to ZCode", "run it through ZCode", or "use ZCode to implement/fix/refactor" — or to run a queue of coding tasks through ZCode while staying the reviewer. DO NOT USE for tasks small enough to do inline, or when the user wants the code written directly without delegating.

2.5kMIT

always on

124 tokname + description

once used

2,300 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

51 scripts

repo stars

2.5kGitHub

Install the Zcode Delegate skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill zcode-delegate

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills.git /tmp/delegate-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/delegate-skills/skills/zcode-delegate ~/.claude/skills/zcode-delegate

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description124 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions2,300 tok
Only if opened5 bundled files (66 KB)varies

Until it is used, zcode-delegate costs about 11× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,363 tokens on every turn). Installing all 20 skills from amElnagdy/delegate-skills would load 2,566 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

  • Ships scripts the agent can run. Read them before installing.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • ZCode Delegate
  • When NOT to use this
  • Prerequisites (check once)
  • Authenticating the headless CLI
  • Autonomy — read this before dispatching
  • The loop
  • 1. Write the brief
  • 2. Dispatch
  • 3. Wait for completion
  • 4. Review — do not trust the self-report
  • 5. Land it
  • Read-only second opinions
  • Authorization model
  • References

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