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.