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Agent skill

Delegate Check

by davekilleen in davekilleen/Dex

Review open delegations — what you handed off, to whom, its status, and the next useful nudge.

MITAuto-check passedSales & Support

Install Delegate Check

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davekilleen/Dex --skill delegate-check -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davekilleen/Dex delegate-check --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/davekilleen/Dex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/delegate-check .claude/skills/delegate-check && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
delegate-check
GitHub stars
493
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
676 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
61
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Review open delegations — what you handed off, to whom, its status, and the next useful nudge.

  • Works in 5 steps: Gather Open Delegations → Reconcile Duplicates → Build the Review → …
  • The user says what did I delegate
  • SKILL.md covers Execution mode, Purpose, When to Use and Step 1: Gather Open Delegations, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Delegate Check is an agent skill from davekilleen/Dex. Review open delegations — what you handed off, to whom, its status, and the next useful nudge. Use when the user says 'what did I delegate', 'who owes me', 'check my handoffs', 'follow up with someone'. Not for prepping a meeting; use meeting-prep.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Sales & Support, covering Sales call preparation. The repository describes itself as: Your AI Chief of Staff — a personal operating system starter kit that adapts to your role. No coding required. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says what did I delegate
  • Check my handoffs
  • Follow up with someone

Example prompts

  • “what did I delegate”
  • “who owes me”
  • “check my handoffs”
  • “/delegate-check”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather Open Delegations
  2. Reconcile Duplicates
  3. Build the Review
  4. Recommend the Next Nudge
  5. Update the Record

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 227f78e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Delegate Check loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 676 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~66
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from davekilleen/Dex at commit 227f78e, republished under its MIT licence (© davekilleen). 676 words, ~1,223 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/delegate-check/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
delegate-check
description
Review open delegations — what you handed off, to whom, its status, and the next useful nudge. Use when the user says 'what did I delegate', 'who owes me', 'check my handoffs', 'follow up with someone'. Not for prepping a meeting; use meeting-prep.
<!-- Generated from `.claude/skills/delegate-check/SKILL.md` by `scripts/generate-agents-skills.py`. Do not edit. -->

Execution mode

Run inline in the current conversation by default, so this work can see what the user has already discussed, decided, or settled this session. Do not fork merely because this skill was selected. Only run in the background when the user explicitly asks for a background run or the host has already obtained a specific background-work approval for this run.

Purpose

Give the user a clear view of work they have handed to other people without turning delegation into hovering. Find what is moving, what is waiting, and where a short follow-up would help.

When to Use

  • The user asks what they are waiting on
  • The user wants to review delegated work or team commitments
  • A weekly planning or review conversation reveals unclear ownership
  • A promised follow-up is approaching or overdue

Step 1: Gather Open Delegations

Read 03-Tasks/Tasks.md and recent notes in 00-Inbox/Meetings/.

Look for plain-language patterns such as:

  • An owner or assignee who is not the user
  • "Delegated to", "waiting on", "with", or "owned by"
  • A person promising to send, review, decide, introduce, or deliver something
  • A user task whose next step is to follow up with someone
  • An open action item in a meeting note assigned to another person

Check related person and project pages when they add useful context. If semantic search is available, use it to catch commitments expressed without the exact words above.

Do not count a general hope, discussion point, or completed promise as an open delegation.

Step 2: Reconcile Duplicates

The same handoff may appear in both Tasks.md and a meeting note. Treat matching owner, outcome, and timing as one delegation, and keep links to both sources.

When two records disagree, show the disagreement plainly and ask which status is current. Do not silently choose one.

Step 3: Build the Review

For each open delegation, capture:

  • What: the result the user handed off
  • Who: the person responsible
  • Handed off: the date or source meeting, when known
  • Expected: the promised or useful check-in date, when known — read waiting_on_date on the person page for a wait, i_owe_date only for something the user still owes
  • Status: moving, waiting, due soon, overdue, or unclear. Overdue is only for something the user owes (i_owe_date or a task they own). A past waiting_on_date is "waiting past the check-in" / nudge them, not overdue. A leftover next_action_date has no direction — do not mark it overdue.
  • Last touch: the latest relevant update
  • Next nudge: one specific, proportionate follow-up

Present the items in this order:

  1. Overdue or blocked
  2. Due soon
  3. Waiting normally
  4. Status unclear

Keep healthy items brief. Spend attention where the user may need to act.

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Step 4: Recommend the Next Nudge

A good nudge is short and easy to answer. Draft it in the user's normal tone and include the outcome or date that matters.

Examples:

  • "How is the pricing review looking? I need the final call by Thursday to keep the launch on track."
  • "Quick check: are you still able to send the notes this week, or should we reset the date?"

Do not send a message or create a task without the user's approval.

Step 5: Update the Record

After the user confirms what changed:

  • Update a Dex task through the normal task tools, not by hand-editing its checkbox
  • Add a short status line to the relevant meeting or project note when that is the clearest source of truth
  • Mark a delegation complete only when the promised result is actually delivered or the user explicitly closes it
  • If the owner or date changed, preserve the earlier context in the note

Output

Use a compact review:

markdown
## Delegations needing attention

- **Pricing review — Morgan**
  - Expected: 2026-07-23 · Status: due soon
  - Last touch: Agreed in the 2026-07-16 launch meeting
  - Next nudge: Confirm whether Thursday still holds

## Waiting normally

- **Customer notes — Riley** · Expected next week · No action today

If nothing is open, say so plainly: "I found no open delegations in Tasks.md or recent meeting notes."

Rules

  • Never guess that silence means progress or failure
  • Keep the focus on outcomes, not activity
  • Distinguish work delegated by the user from work the user personally owes
  • Name missing owners, dates, or status as unclear
  • Use absolute dates
  • Do not nag when the agreed date has not arrived and there is no sign of risk

© davekilleen, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/delegate-check of davekilleen/Dex.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 227f78e

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Questions about Delegate Check

What does Delegate Check do?

Review open delegations — what you handed off, to whom, its status, and the next useful nudge. Delegate Check is an agent skill from davekilleen/Dex. Review open delegations — what you handed off, to whom, its status, and the next useful nudge.

When should I use Delegate Check?

Delegate Check fits situations like: the user says what did I delegate; check my handoffs; follow up with someone.

How do I install Delegate Check in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davekilleen/Dex --skill delegate-check -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/delegate-check in davekilleen/Dex) into .claude/skills/delegate-check in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Delegate Check in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davekilleen/Dex --skill delegate-check -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/delegate-check in davekilleen/Dex) into .agents/skills/delegate-check in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Delegate Check in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add davekilleen/Dex --skill delegate-check -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/delegate-check, .gemini/skills/delegate-check, .github/skills/delegate-check and .opencode/skills/delegate-check in your project.

What does Delegate Check need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Delegate Check is instructions for the agent only.

Does Delegate Check access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Delegate Check safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Delegate Check use?

Delegate Check is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Delegate Check use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Delegate Check?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Delegate Check: Luopan Company Research (zhangxiaoqiang1991/luopan, 389 stars), Company Research (stophobia/deerflow2.0-enhanced, 821 stars), Meeting Prep Brief (BrianRWagner/ai-marketing-claude-code-skills, 440 stars) and Sdt (StopDisTrain/sdt-skills, 309 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Delegate Check?

davekilleen (a GitHub user) maintains it in davekilleen/Dex, which has 493 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: davekilleen/Dex on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.