# Copilot Delegate

Delegate a coding task to the GitHub Copilot CLI (`copilot`) as a background...

- Repository: https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills (2546 stars)
- Category: Git and review
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-29
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill copilot-delegate -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill copilot-delegate -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill copilot-delegate -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill copilot-delegate -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Delegate a coding task to the GitHub Copilot CLI (`copilot`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to delegate implementation work to Copilot - phrasings like "have Copilot implement X", "delegate this to copilot", "run it through Copilot CLI", or "use copilot to implement/fix/refactor" - or wants to run a queue of coding tasks through Copilot while staying the reviewer. DO NOT USE for tasks small enough to do inline, or when the user wants the code written directly without delegating.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Copilot Delegate

You are the **orchestrator**. Delegate a bounded coding task to a separate **implementer**, the
GitHub Copilot CLI, then review what it produced and land it yourself. You write the brief and own
the judgment; the implementer makes changes in its own session in a clean working tree; you verify
and commit.

The loop needs only a shell command and file access, so any comparable orchestrator can drive it.

## When NOT to use this

- The task is small enough to do inline; delegation overhead is not worth it.
- The `copilot` CLI is not installed or authenticated.
- You need a hard sandbox. Copilot exposes sandbox controls, but they are upstream-experimental
  (MXC-based, controlled via the `/sandbox` command and settings, disabled by default), this relay
  does not configure them. `--read-only` only disables edit tools (`--mode plan`); shell commands
  still run. If project files must not change at all, dispatch against a clean or isolated worktree.

## Prerequisites (check once)

1. Install `copilot` (`npm install -g @github/copilot`; the CLI requires Node 22+, the relay
   itself runs on Node 18+, the relay probes `copilot version`).
2. Authenticate: run `copilot login` (interactive web/device flow), or set
   `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` / `GH_TOKEN` / `GITHUB_TOKEN` in the environment.
3. Confirm `copilot version` succeeds.
4. Work in, or point `--cd` at, the target git repository.

## Choose the model (optional)

Copilot picks a default model (`auto`). To choose another, pass `--model <name>`.
The relay accepts letters, digits, and `. _ : / -` only (the value reaches a shell on Windows).

## Choose the effort (optional)

Copilot supports a reasoning effort dial: `--effort <level>` with values
`low`, `medium`, `high`, `xhigh`, or `max`. The relay rejects any other value
before dispatch.

## The loop

Run these five steps per task. Steps 1, 4, and 5 require judgment; 2 and 3 are mechanical.

### 1. Write a brief

The rest: https://github.com/amElnagdy/delegate-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/copilot-delegate/SKILL.md