omp-delegate
Delegate a coding task to Oh My Pi (`omp`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user wants to delegate implementation work to Oh My Pi / omp - phrasings like "have omp implement X", "delegate this to oh my pi", "run it through omp", "use oh-my
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Oh My Pi Delegate
You are the orchestrator . Delegate a bounded coding task to a separate implementer Oh My
Pi ( omp ) 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; you verify and commit.
The loop needs only a shell command and file access, so any comparable orchestrator can drive it.
The binary is omp , not pi
Oh My Pi is a fork of Pi. This skill drives omp ( @oh my pi/pi coding agent ). The original
Pi CLI is a different binary ( pi ) with a different skill ( pi delegate ). If omp is missing but
pi is installed, you have Pi, not Oh My Pi.
When NOT to use this
The task is small enough to do inline; delegation overhead is not worth it.
The omp CLI is not installed or authenticated.
The user asked for the original Pi CLI ( pi ) — use pi delegate .
You need a sandboxed implementer. Oh My Pi has no sandbox. read only restricts the tool
surface; a write capable run executes without prompts ( yolo ).
Prerequisites (check once)
1. Install omp with bun install g @oh my pi/pi coding agent (or the install path from
https://omp.sh).
2. Authenticate: /login inside omp for a subscription provider, or an API key environment
variable for an API key provider. Credentials live under ~/.omp/ .
3. Confirm omp version succeeds.
4. Work in, or point cd at, the target git repository.
Choose the model (optional)
Omit model (and provider ) to use omp's configured default for this project / profile. The
catalog is this install's authenticated providers — not a fixed list in this skill.
To pick another model:
1. List what this install can actually run. Do not pass omp list models — that flag is
gone and omp treats it as an unknown flag (exit 2). Use the models subcommand:
omp models — every available model, grouped by provider
omp models json — the same catalog, machine readable
omp models find <substring — filter by provider, id, or name (example:
omp models find sonnet )
omp models <provider — one provider's models
2. Pass that id to the relay. model <pattern is omp's own model : a fuzzy match against
the catalog (provider/id, a bare id, or a unique substring). provider <name pins the
provider when the pattern is ambiguous.
3. The relay forwards only letters, digits, and . : / . Glob patterns with are rejected.
thinking <level is a separate reasoning dial, not a model id. Allowed values: off , auto ,
minimal , low , medium , high , xhigh , max . The relay rejects anything else (including
inherit ) before dispatch — omp would otherwise warn and ignore a bad value.
A fleet lane ( lane ) can set provider , model , and effort . Lane effort becomes
thinking ; an explicit thinking / model / provider flag wins over the lane.
The relay does not forward api key , smol , slow , or plan . Those stay omp's own CLI.
The loop
Run these five steps per task. Steps 1, 4, and 5 require judgment; 2 and 3 are mechanical.
1. Write the brief
Oh My Pi sees only the text you send plus what it can inspect in the workspace no chat history or
shared context. Include the goal, current state, what to change, what to leave untouched, the
project's actual gates, and a report contract. Tell omp not to commit. Keep one task per brief.
omp auto loads AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md context files from the workspace and its parents, so repo
instructions reach it without inlining. See
[references/writing the brief.md](references/writing the brief.md).
2. Dispatch
Use the bundled relay. It pipes the brief to omp mode json on stdin, captures the JSON event
stream, and writes result.json . ( <skill dir is the installed folder containing this
SKILL.md .)
The child process's cwd pins the workspace. The relay writes artifacts under the system temp dir
by default and never commits. See [references/dispatch and poll.md](references/dispatch and poll.md).
3. Wait for completion
The relay blocks until omp finishes. Run it with the orchestrator's background command facility,
or background it in the shell and poll for result.json . A pre run usage error exits 2 and writes
no result; a missing omp exits 127 and writes status: "omp unavailable" .
Trust process state and the working tree over a progress display. Completion means the process
exited and result.json exists. omp's full report is the finalMessage field in result.json
(also printed in full on stdout between the report markers).
4. Review do not trust the self report
Treat omp's final message and gate claims as claims:
Re run the project's gates yourself.
Read the diff against the brief, starting with touchedFiles .
Run relevant guard skills if installed.
Round trip migrations and grep for dangling references after removals or renames.
See [references/review and land.md](references/review and land.md).
5. Land it
The implementer edits the working tree; the orchestrator commits. Commit only after the gates
pass and the diff holds. If rework is needed, send a delta brief with resume last or
session <id , then review again.
Autonomy and permissions
Oh My Pi has no sandbox . Print mode has no approval UI, so a write capable relay run always
passes yolo ( tools.approvalMode: yolo ) — otherwise a user's always ask or write config
would stall until the watchdog. The other controls are:
1. read only restricts omp's callable tools to tools read,grep,glob . It does not pass
yolo . Installed extension code still runs with the user's host permissions if project
resources are trusted.
2. The relay passes no extensions no skills no rules by default, so project .omp
extensions, skills, and rules stay undiscovered. approve is the explicit opt in for a
repository the user trusts.
3. touchedFiles and the diff are the record of what changed. Inspect them after every run.
Authorization model
Delegation is something the human opts into. Once they have ("run this queue", "proceed"),
committing verified, gate passing work is the agreed contract. Two limits remain: surface, don't
absorb (report omp's design decisions, defensible but unasked turns, and non blocking nitpicks)
and stop for scope changes (if correct completion needs going beyond the brief, ask instead of
expanding the mandate). See [references/review and land.md](references/review and land.md).
References
[references/writing the brief.md](references/writing the brief.md) structure, report contract,
real gates, stdin delivery, model listing, and delta briefs.
[references/dispatch and poll.md](references/dispatch and poll.md) flags, artifacts,
result.json , polling, and failure recovery.
[references/review and land.md](references/review and land.md) review checklist, commit
boundary, and rework through omp sessions.
[references/multi task queues.md](references/multi task queues.md) sequential queues,
constraint carry forward, progress tracking, and the final coherence pass.