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Delegate so the work comes back right the first time — the brief that transfers outcome, context, and constraints (not just the task), the autonomy level stated explicitly, and the check-in design that catches drift without hovering. Use when asked hand this off properly, my delegations come back wrong, write a brief for this task I'm giving away, or how much detail do I give. Produces the delegation brief with the outcome and guardrails, the autonomy level, the check-in points, and the questions-welcome contract.

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# Delegation Brief Skill

Delegation fails at the handoff, not the execution: the task transferred without its *outcome* ("send me a draft" — of what, for whom, to achieve what?), without its constraints (discovered as rejections later), without the autonomy level (so the delegate either hovers back with every micro-decision or runs confidently off the map). The brief fixes the transfer: the outcome with its done-test, the context that makes judgment possible (why this matters, who it's for), the guardrails (the true constraints, and *only* the true ones), the stated autonomy level, and check-ins placed where drift is cheapest to catch — at the first artifact, not the final one.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The brief** — outcome + done-test, context, guardrails, resources, the deadline with its real/soft nature stated
- **The autonomy level, explicit** — decide-and-do / decide-then-tell / propose-then-decide-together — per decision type
- **The check-in design** — the early-artifact review that catches drift at 10% cost, and the drop-in-anytime contract
- **The receiving-side test** — the brief read back: can the delegate state the outcome and the first step? ([runbook-writer](../runbook-writer/SKILL.md) stranger-test, for handoffs)

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