Zcode Delegate

What it does

When your agent uses it

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

Example prompts

• “/zcode-delegate”

Requirements

• A credential in ZAI_API_KEY
• A credential in ZCODE_API_KEY
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires the `zcode` CLI (Z.AI ZCode) with a configured model provider, Node 18+, and git. ZCode ships its CLI inside the desktop app rather than on PATH or npm — see Prerequisites. The orchestrating agent must be able to run shell commands and read files. Shell examples assume bash/zsh (macOS/Linux, or Git Bash/WSL on Windows).

Workflow steps

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

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

  • node

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

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • api.z.ai

  Also links to:

  • 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:

  • ZAI_API_KEY
  • ZCODE_API_KEY
  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

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

• Compatibility

  Requires the `zcode` CLI (Z.AI ZCode) with a configured model provider, Node 18+, and git. ZCode ships its CLI inside the desktop app rather than on PATH or npm — see Prerequisites. The orchestrating agent must be able to run shell commands and read files. Shell examples assume bash/zsh (macOS/Linux, or Git Bash/WSL on Windows).

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Zcode Delegate loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 42 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,185 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~42

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.5k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~7.3k

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

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). 1,185 words, ~2,516 tokens.

name

zcode-delegate

description

Delegate coding tasks to the Z.AI ZCode CLI only when the user explicitly requests it, while the orchestrator retains review and landing responsibility.

compatibility

Requires the `zcode` CLI (Z.AI ZCode) with a configured model provider, Node 18+, and git. ZCode ships its CLI inside the desktop app rather than on PATH or npm — see Prerequisites. The orchestrating agent must be able to run shell commands and read files. Shell examples assume bash/zsh (macOS/Linux, or Git Bash/WSL on Windows).

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

node "<skill-dir>/scripts/relay.mjs" --brief brief.txt --cd /path/to/repo
# read-only (review/diagnosis, no edits):   add --read-only
# continue a specific session:              add --session <sess_...>  (from result.json; send only the delta brief)
# continue the latest session for --cd:     add --resume-last
# withhold tools (denylist):                add --disallowed-tools "Write,Edit,Bash"
# point at the CLI explicitly:              add --zcode-path /path/to/zcode.cjs
# hard time limit (watchdog):               add --timeout 2h  (default: off)
# see all options:                          node .../relay.mjs --help

© sickn33, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/zcode-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.

• lingxling/awesome-skills-cnantigravity-awesome-skills/skills/zcode-delegateantigravity-awesome-skills/plugins/agentic-awesome-skills/skills/zcode-delegate+1 more