Claude Delegate

Give Claude back to OpenClaw.

Use this skill when Claude Code should run as a local delegated worker, not as an ACP chat harness.

The whole point is simple: third-party harnesses do not reliably get Claude subscription access, but OpenClaw operators still want Claude-quality work inside their agent system.

Stable entrypoints

• Wrapper: scripts/claude-delegate.sh
• Profile wrapper: scripts/cc-profile.sh
• Orchestrator: scripts/cc-orchestrator.sh
• Low-level runner: scripts/run-task.sh

Default flow

1. Read references/setup.md the first time you install or port this skill.
2. Configure profiles.json, or point CLAUDE_DELEGATE_PROFILES at a host-local profiles file.
3. Keep local delegate instructions in the nearest CLAUDE.delegate.md files. The wrapper now tells Claude to discover/read those plus nearby AGENTS.md, TOOLS.md, and README.md docs before substantive work.
4. Dispatch work through scripts/claude-delegate.sh dispatch <profile> <budget> <model> <label> "<task>".
5. Monitor with poll, result, list, or doctor.
6. Use resume to continue the same Claude session instead of starting over.

When to prefer this over ACP

Prefer this skill when you want:

• a boring local wrapper around Claude CLI
• a non-root runner user with synced auth/binary state
• bounded filesystem access through a chosen workdir
• cheap monitoring and resume without a chat-thread harness

Prefer ACP when the user explicitly asked for Claude Code as a chat/thread runtime.

Files to load when needed

• Setup, auth, env knobs, and profile customization: references/setup.md
• Delegate bootstrap guidance for this repo: CLAUDE.delegate.md

Notes

• scripts/cc-profile.sh supports CLAUDE_DELEGATE_PROFILES=/abs/path/to/profiles.json.
• Profile paths support ~ and environment variable expansion.
• scripts/ensure-nonroot-delegation.sh supports env overrides for source paths if your Claude or acpx installs live somewhere else.
• Delegate bootstrap is on by default. Disable with CLAUDE_DELEGATE_BOOTSTRAP=0 or change the instruction filename with CLAUDE_DELEGATE_DOC_BASENAME.