ai-coding-agent-delegation

Topics in the source

• AI Coding Agent Delegation
• Overview
• When to Use
• Choose the adapter shape
• Canonical Worktree Protocol
• Adapter patterns
• Print mode
• One-shot exec

This is the umbrella for using external autonomous coding agents from a driving session. It covers provider-specific CLIs (any print-mode or exec-mode agent) and tool-agnostic worktree workflows for parallel or isolated implementation. Harness names below are adapter examples, never defaults. Use this when the best move is to hand a bounded coding/review task to another agent process, monitor it, verify its output, and integrate only the parts that pass review. Independent feature, bugfix, refactor, or PR review tasks that fit a written task spec. Parallel issue fixing where each worker should have its own git worktree. Long-running coding tasks that should continue outside the current agent turn. Comparing multiple agents' solutions or reviews. Prefer an in-turn subagent for quick bounded subtasks. Prefer a spawned CLI agent/worktree when the task may take longer, needs interactive tooling, or should be isolated from the parent session. | Shape | Best for | Invocation family | |---|---|---| | Print-mode CLI | Deep codebase edits, PR reviews, interactive coding captured non-interactively | -p " " | | Exec CLI | One-shot implementation, review, sandboxed coding | exec " " | | Run CL

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