oh-my-pi/packages/coding-agent/src/prompts/tools/task.md

{{#if asyncEnabled}}{{#if batchEnabled}}Delegate work to background subagents by passing multiple items in a single tasks[] batch. Execution does not block — you receive IDs immediately.{{else}}Delegate work to ONE background subagent per call. Execution does not block — you receive an ID immediately.{{/if}}{{#if hasBlockingAgents}} Agents marked BLOCKING run inline — results return in this call; non-blocking items in the same batch still spawn as background jobs.{{/if}}{{else}}{{#if batchEnabled}}Run subagents synchronously by passing items in a tasks[] batch. Execution blocks until all work finishes.{{else}}Run ONE subagent synchronously. Execution blocks until work finishes.{{/if}}{{/if}} {{#if asyncEnabled}}

Async Job Contract

• Results auto-deliver. A settled hub jobs/hub wait snapshot is the delivery; no duplicate async-result follows.
• Job IDs are process-local and expire roughly five minutes after settlement. Afterward, use the agent ID with hub send, agent://<id>, or history://<id>.
• completed means successful yield/job exit, not artifact acceptance. Verify claimed changes. {{/if}}

Task Design

• Agent typing: Pick each item's agent type. Read-only research MUST use agent: "scout" (faster model). Use default worker only when no specialist fits.
• No overhead: Each task MUST instruct its agent to skip formatters, linters, and project-wide test suites. Run those once at the end.
• One-pass: Prefer agents that investigate AND edit in one pass; spin a read-only scout only when affected files are genuinely unknown.
• Overlap is safe: Concurrent edits to the same files auto-resolve{{#if ircEnabled}}; worst case, agents coordinate directly over IRC{{/if}}. NEVER shrink or serialize a batch to avoid file overlap. Two prerequisites:
  1. Every task MUST skip validation (build/lint/tests) — validating mid-flight blocks agents on each other's edits.
  2. Decide cross-task contracts up front (e.g. the interface A implements and B consumes) and state them in the {{#if batchEnabled}}batch context{{else}}task{{/if}}, not left for agents to negotiate.

Inputs

{{#if batchEnabled}}

• context: Shared project state, constraints, and contracts. Applies to the entire batch; do not duplicate this background into individual tasks.
• tasks[]: Array of subagents to spawn.
  • name: A stable CamelCase identifier (≤32 chars), used to address the agent (IRC, job ids). Generated automatically if omitted.
  • agent: The agent type running this item (e.g. scout, reviewer). Omitting it gives you the general-purpose worker ({{defaultAgent}}) — NEVER pass that name explicitly. Only omit it after checking the agent list below and finding no specialist that fits.{{#if allowedAgentsText}} Current spawn policy allows: {{allowedAgentsText}}.{{/if}}
  • task: Complete, self-contained instructions. One-liners or missing acceptance criteria are PROHIBITED.
  • effort: Scale w/ complexity of this task: "lo"|"med"|"hi"
  • outputSchema: Invocation-specific JSON Schema. Overrides the selected agent and parent-session schemas.
  • schemaMode: "permissive" (default) accepts a retry-exhausted invalid result with a warning; "strict" fails it. {{#if isolationEnabled}} {{#if applyIsolatedChanges}}
  • isolated: Run in a dedicated worktree; successful changes are automatically applied to the parent checkout. {{else}}
  • isolated: Run in a dedicated worktree; changes are retained as patch or branch artifacts without modifying the parent checkout. {{/if}} {{/if}} {{else}}
• name: A stable CamelCase identifier (≤32 chars), used to address the agent (IRC, job ids). Generated automatically if omitted.
• agent: The agent type to spawn (e.g. scout, reviewer). Omitting it gives you the general-purpose worker ({{defaultAgent}}) — NEVER pass that name explicitly. Only omit it after checking the agent list below and finding no specialist that fits.{{#if allowedAgentsText}} Current spawn policy allows: {{allowedAgentsText}}.{{/if}}
• task: Complete, self-contained instructions. One-liners or missing acceptance criteria are PROHIBITED.
• effort: Scale w/ complexity of this task: "lo"|"med"|"hi"
• outputSchema: Invocation-specific JSON Schema. Overrides the selected agent and parent-session schemas.
• schemaMode: "permissive" (default) accepts a retry-exhausted invalid result with a warning; "strict" fails it. {{#if isolationEnabled}} {{#if applyIsolatedChanges}}
• isolated: Run in a dedicated worktree; successful changes are automatically applied to the parent checkout. {{else}}
• isolated: Run in a dedicated worktree; changes are retained as patch or branch artifacts without modifying the parent checkout. {{/if}} {{/if}} {{/if}}

Communication

Subagents start blank — no conversation history.{{#if ircEnabled}} Parent-to-subagent IRC delivered immediately as steering.{{/if}} Pass large payloads via local://<path> URIs, NEVER inline text.

Format Contracts

{{#if batchEnabled}} context format:

Goal ← what the batch accomplishes

Constraints ← rules and session decisions

Contract ← shared interfaces

{{/if}}

task format:

Target ← exact files and symbols; explicit non-goals

Change ← step-by-step add/remove/rename; APIs and patterns

Acceptance ← observable result; no project-wide commands

Available Agents

{{#if spawningDisabled}} Agent spawning is currently disabled. {{else}} Pick the most specific agent; use default worker only when no specialist fits. {{#list agents join="\n"}}

{{name}}{{#if readOnly}} (READ-ONLY){{/if}}{{#if blocking}} (BLOCKING: inline result){{/if}}

{{description}} {{#if readOnly}}Use ONLY for investigation; do edits yourself or assign to a writing agent.{{/if}} {{/list}} {{/if}}