Overview
hive.worker-delegation is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by aden-hive. Its author describes it as: “Concrete patterns for breaking colony work into parallel worker jobs via run_playbook — when fan-out helps, how to model the goal as a tracker table, write the worker skill, author the playbook, pilot, and let converg…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/worker-delegation`.
What hive.worker-delegation does
**Applies when** you're in COLONY mode and considering whether (and how) to fan out work to parallel workers via `run_playbook`. Read this before fan-out, not during.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for hive.worker-delegation is organised into these sections:
- Operational Protocol: Worker Delegation
- Mental model: the tracker is the spine, the playbook is the controller
- The decision: should you fan out at all?
- Pilot before fan-out (do the first one yourself)
- The loop (always, in order)
- GTM work: bookend the loop with the shared CRM (queen-only)
- What goes in the playbook
- Decomposition patterns
- Routing, lanes, and rate limits
- Browser accounts: one colony across several Chrome profiles
- Idempotency: workers must be safe to re-run
- Worked example
Installation
Add hive.worker-delegation to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/worker-delegationReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
Neither the skill nor its repository names a specific agent. It uses the SKILL.md format, which several agents can load — check the repository for any agent-specific requirements.
License
hive.worker-delegation is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in aden-hive/hive, an established project with 10,923 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does hive.worker-delegation do?
- Concrete patterns for breaking colony work into parallel worker jobs via run_playbook — when fan-out helps, how to model the goal as a tracker table, write the worker skill, author the playbook, pilot, and let convergence retry/resume the gap.
- How do I install hive.worker-delegation?
- Run git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/worker-delegation in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/aden-hive/hive before installing.
- Is hive.worker-delegation free to use?
- Yes. hive.worker-delegation is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does hive.worker-delegation come from?
- hive.worker-delegation ships inside aden-hive/hive, a repository that contains 25 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 10,923 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.