Delegation

Delegation is how agents hand work to other agents or external CLI backends. Orchestrator-mode agents can use delegation too, but normal non-orchestrator agents can delegate just as well.

The Model

An agent can either:

• delegate work, or
• not delegate work

That is controlled by:

• Can Delegate to Other Agents
• Allowed Delegate Agents

Target Selection

Delegation target selection supports:

• All Agents — default
• Selected Agents — multi-select restricted target list

Runtime enforces the selected target set.

Types of Delegation

Agent-to-agent delegation

SwarmClaw can create delegated tasks/sub-runs for other agents.

Use this when you want:

• one agent to review another’s work
• specialization by role
• durable task ownership for the delegated step

CLI delegation

SwarmClaw can also delegate to:

• Claude Code
• Codex CLI
• OpenCode CLI
• Gemini CLI

This is still delegation. Orchestrator mode is a separate wake/supervision behavior layered on top of the same delegation tools.

Background AI Uses the Same Config

Reflection, orchestrator wake cycles, observer-like helper work, and related background AI paths use the current session or owning agent config.

There is still no separate global orchestration provider layer to configure.