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Agent skill

Copilot Delegate

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Delegate coding tasks to the GitHub Copilot CLI (copilot) only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.

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Install Copilot Delegate

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill copilot-delegate -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills copilot-delegate --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/copilot-delegate .claude/skills/copilot-delegate && 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
copilot-delegate
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
893 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1,394
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Delegate coding tasks to the GitHub Copilot CLI (copilot) only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.

  • Works in 5 steps: Write a brief → Dispatch → Wait for completion → …
  • Explicitly requests it
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, When NOT to use this, Prerequisites (check once) and Choose the model (optional), plus 6 more sections
  • Calls git, node and npm; needs COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN and GH_TOKEN

What it does

Copilot Delegate is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Delegate coding tasks to the GitHub Copilot CLI (copilot) only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `references/dispatch-and-poll.md`, `references/multi-task-queues.md` and `references/review-and-land.md`). Compatibility notes: Requires the copilot CLI installed and authenticated (copilot login), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The…

The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Explicitly requests it
  • While the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility

Example prompts

  • “/copilot-delegate”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
  • A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN
  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires the `copilot` CLI installed and authenticated (`copilot login`), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The orchestrator must be able to run shell commands and read files.

Workflow steps

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

  1. Write a brief
  2. Dispatch
  3. Wait for completion
  4. Review — do not trust the self-report
  5. Land it

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • node
    • npm

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

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

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
    • GH_TOKEN
    • GITHUB_TOKEN

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

  • Compatibility

    Requires the `copilot` CLI installed and authenticated (`copilot login`), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The orchestrator must be able to run shell commands and read files.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Copilot Delegate loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 893 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7.1k

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 893 words, ~1,943 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/copilot-delegate/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
copilot-delegate
description
Delegate coding tasks to the GitHub Copilot CLI (`copilot`) only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.
compatibility
Requires the `copilot` CLI installed and authenticated (`copilot login`), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The orchestrator must be able to run shell commands and read files.
risk
critical
category
agent-orchestration
source
https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills
source_repo
amElnagdy/delegate-skills
source_type
community
date_added
2026-08-26
license
MIT
license_source
https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills/blob/master/LICENSE
metadata.version
0.5.0

Copilot Delegate

When to Use

  • You want to delegate a bounded coding task to a separate copilot implementer (GitHub Copilot CLI) and then review its diff yourself.
  • The user explicitly asked for delegation to this implementer.

You are the orchestrator. Delegate a bounded coding task to a separate implementer — the GitHub Copilot CLI — then review what it produced and land it yourself. You write the brief and own the judgment; the implementer makes changes in its own session in a clean working tree; you verify and commit.

The loop needs only a shell command and file access, so any comparable orchestrator can drive it.

When NOT to use this

  • The task is small enough to do inline; delegation overhead is not worth it.
  • The copilot CLI is not installed or authenticated.
  • You need a hard sandbox. Copilot exposes sandbox controls, but they are upstream-experimental (MXC-based, controlled via the /sandbox command and settings, disabled by default) — this relay does not configure them. --read-only only disables edit tools (--mode plan); shell commands still run. If project files must not change at all, dispatch against a clean or isolated worktree.

Prerequisites (check once)

  1. Install copilot (npm install -g @github/copilot; the CLI requires Node 22+, the relay itself runs on Node 18+ — the relay probes copilot version).
  2. Authenticate: run copilot login (interactive web/device flow), or set COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN / GH_TOKEN / GITHUB_TOKEN in the environment.
  3. Confirm copilot version succeeds.
  4. Work in, or point --cd at, the target git repository.

Choose the model (optional)

Copilot picks a default model (auto). To choose another, pass --model <name>. The relay accepts letters, digits, and . _ : / - only (the value reaches a shell on Windows).

Choose the effort (optional)

Copilot supports a reasoning effort dial: --effort <level> with values low, medium, high, xhigh, or max. The relay rejects any other value before dispatch.

The loop

Run these five steps per task. Steps 1, 4, and 5 require judgment; 2 and 3 are mechanical.

1. Write a brief

Copilot sees only the text you send. It cannot read your conversation: the brief must stand alone with the goal, current state, what to change, what to leave untouched, the project's real gates, and a report contract. Keep each brief to a single task. Write it to a file and pass it as the relay's --brief. See references/writing-the-brief.md.

2. Dispatch

Use the bundled relay. It runs copilot -p with --output-format json --no-color --stream off, captures the JSONL event stream, and writes result.json.

bash
node "<skill-dir>/scripts/relay.mjs" --brief brief.txt --cd /path/to/repo
# choose a model:                    add --model <name>
# set reasoning effort:              add --effort <level>
# read-only planning pass:           add --read-only  (forces --mode plan)
# full tool autonomy:                add --allow-all-tools
# hard time limit (watchdog):        add --timeout 2h   (the 30m default suits brief runs)
# resume a session:                  add --session <id>  or  --resume-last
# see all options:                   node .../relay.mjs --help

The child's cwd pins the workspace. The relay writes artifacts under the system temp dir by default and never commits. See references/dispatch-and-poll.md.

3. Wait for completion

The relay blocks until copilot finishes. Run it with the orchestrator's background-command facility, or background it in the shell and poll for result.json. A pre-run usage error exits 2 and writes no result; a missing copilot exits 127 and writes status: "copilot_unavailable".

Completion means the process exited and result.json exists — trust process state and the working tree, not the progress display. Copilot's final assistant message is the finalMessage field of result.json.

4. Review — do not trust the self-report
  • Re-run the project's gates yourself.
  • Read the diff against the brief, starting with touchedFiles.
  • Run relevant guard skills if installed.

See references/review-and-land.md.

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5. Land it

If the work is good, commit it. The relay never commits — the diff and result.json are the record; run git status and git diff first to confirm exactly what changed. If the group has a PR flow, make the commit and push a branch; let human review happen. If the diff is wrong or incomplete, re-dispatch a corrected brief in a fresh run and review again.

Autonomy and permissions

Without --allow-all-tools, copilot auto-denies tool calls in headless mode: the process exits 0 but the relay detects the denial events and reports status: "failed" with the CLI's own error message and a hint to pass --allow-all-tools. This is the honest default — the orchestrator sees the failure rather than a silent no-op.

--allow-all-tools explicitly grants full tool autonomy and requires explicit human authorization for that run. A request to delegate to Copilot is not by itself consent to unrestricted tools. --read-only selects --mode plan, which disables edit tools so project files can't be changed by direct edits; it works without --allow-all-tools. Shell commands still run in plan mode, so it guards against edits, not against everything. The two flags are mutually exclusive.

Copilot also exposes sandbox controls, but they are upstream-experimental (MXC-based, controlled via the /sandbox command and settings, disabled by default). This relay does not configure them.

Authorization model

Delegation is something the human opts into. Once briefed, copilot works as a tool you approved use of. The boundary is: do not accept conclusions from the self-report; verify everything on disk. For anything touching credentials, production data, or irreversible operations, stop and ask the human first instead of encoding it in a brief.

References

Limitations

  • Docs-only import — executable scripts/relay.mjs not included; see upstream for full runtime. Requires copilot CLI, Node 18+, git.
  • Relay never commits — it only returns structured result JSON; you review and land the commit.

Adapted from amElnagdy/delegate-skills (MIT) — docs-only, runtime not bundled.

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/copilot-delegate of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/dispatch-and-poll.md
  • references/multi-task-queues.md
  • references/review-and-land.md
  • references/writing-the-brief.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Copilot Delegate

What does Copilot Delegate do?

Delegate coding tasks to the GitHub Copilot CLI (copilot) only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility. Copilot Delegate is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Delegate coding tasks to the GitHub Copilot CLI (copilot) only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.

When should I use Copilot Delegate?

Copilot Delegate fits situations like: explicitly requests it; while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.

How do I install Copilot Delegate in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill copilot-delegate -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/copilot-delegate in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/copilot-delegate in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Copilot Delegate in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill copilot-delegate -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/copilot-delegate in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/copilot-delegate in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Copilot Delegate 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill copilot-delegate -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/copilot-delegate, .gemini/skills/copilot-delegate, .github/skills/copilot-delegate and .opencode/skills/copilot-delegate in your project.

What does Copilot Delegate need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Copilot Delegate needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git, node and npm) and credentials named COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN, GH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN; A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires the `copilot` CLI installed and authenticated (`copilot login`), Node 18+ to run the relay (the copilot CLI itself requires Node 22+), and git. The orchestrator must be able to run shell commands and read files..

Does Copilot Delegate access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Copilot Delegate 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 Copilot Delegate use?

Copilot Delegate is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Copilot Delegate use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 5.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Copilot Delegate?

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Who maintains Copilot Delegate?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.