hive.worker-delegation

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.

Installation

Add hive.worker-delegation to your agent with:

git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/worker-delegation

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

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

When to use it

Reach for hive.worker-delegation when you want workflow help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

• Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt
• Ships in aden-hive/hive, an established project with 10,923 GitHub stars
• Actively maintained (recent commits)

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.