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title: "🔀 Layer 3: Delegation Layer"
description: "<div align=\"center\">"
type: skill
canonical_url: https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/03-delegation-layer
source: "Claudary"
difficulty: intermediate
author: "Claude Code Knowledge Pack"
date: 2026-07-10T10:58:42.779Z
license: CC-BY-4.0
attribution: "🔀 Layer 3: Delegation Layer — Claudary (https://claudary.paisolsolutions.com/skills/03-delegation-layer)"
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# 🔀 Layer 3: Delegation Layer
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## Overview

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# 🔀 Layer 3: Delegation Layer

> Defines workflows and provides reusable capabilities to the 🐔 Main Agent.

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## Purpose

The Delegation Layer provides structured workflows (🦴 Slash Commands) and contextual methodologies (📚 Skills) that enhance the 🐔 Main Agent's capabilities.

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## Components

| Component | Emoji | Role | Triggered By |
|-----------|-------|------|--------------|
| **Slash Commands** | 🦴 | Define multi-step workflows | User `/command` |
| **Skills** | 📚 | Provide methodologies | Context matching |

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## 🦴 Slash Command Flow

```mermaid
%%{init: {'theme': 'base', 'themeVariables': {'lineColor': '#64748b'}}}%%
sequenceDiagram
    participant U as 🙋‍♀️ User
    participant CMD as 🦴 Slash Command
    participant MA as 🐔 Main Agent
    participant E as ⚡ Execution

    U->>CMD: 🙋‍♀️📥 /generate fr-FR
    CMD->>CMD: Expand to prompt
    CMD->>MA: Full prompt + args
    MA->>E: Execute workflow
    E-->>MA: Results
    MA-->>U: Response
```

### How Slash Commands Work

1. **User invokes**: `/generate fr-FR`
2. **System loads**: `.claude/commands/generate.md`
3. **Expands template**: `$ARGUMENTS` → `fr-FR`
4. **Passes to 🐔 Main Agent**: Full expanded prompt

### Example Command File

```markdown
# .claude/commands/generate.md

---
description: Generate localization files for specified locales
argument-hint: [locale]
---

Generate localization files for: $ARGUMENTS

1. Check LOCALES-200.csv for valid locales
2. Create files for each locale
3. Run validation
```

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## 📚 Skill Loading

```mermaid
%%{init: {'theme': 'base', 'themeVariables': {'lineColor': '#64748b'}}}%%
flowchart LR
    classDef skill fill:#8b5cf6,stroke:#7c3aed,stroke-width:2px,color:#ffffff
    classDef decision fill:#f59e0b,stroke:#d97706,stroke-width:2px,color:#ffffff

    REQ[Request] --> CHECK{"📚 Matches Skill?"}:::decision
    CHECK -->|Yes| LOAD["📚 Load Skill"]:::skill
    CHECK -->|No| CONTINUE[Continue]
    LOAD --> ENHANCE[Enhanced Context]
    ENHANCE --> EXEC[Execute]
    CONTINUE --> EXEC
```

### How Skills Work

1. **Detection**: Claude analyzes request context
2. **Matching**: Compares against skill descriptions
3. **Loading**: Injects skill content into context
4. **Application**: Follows methodology during execution

### Example Skill File

```markdown
# .claude/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md

---
description: Use when implementing features - write tests first, then code
---

# Test-Driven Development

## Methodology
1. RED: Write a failing test
2. GREEN: Write minimal code to pass
3. REFACTOR: Clean up while tests pass
```

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## Delegation vs Execution

| Aspect | 🔀 Delegation Layer | ⚡ Execution Layer |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------|
| **What it does** | Defines HOW to do things | Actually DOES things |
| **Components** | 🦴 Commands, 📚 Skills | 🐦 Subagents, 🔧🔌💁‍♀️ Tools |
| **Nature** | Instructions, templates | Actions, operations |
| **Triggered by** | User or context | 🐔 Main Agent |

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## Layer Position

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  🐔 LAYER 2: MAIN AGENT LAYER                       │
│  Claude Code - orchestration, decision-making       │
└─────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘
                          │
                          ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  🔀 LAYER 3: DELEGATION LAYER  ◄─── YOU ARE HERE   │
│  🦴 Slash Commands, 📚 Skills - workflow definition │
└─────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘
                          │
                          ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  ⚡ LAYER 4: EXECUTION LAYER                        │
│  🐦 Subagents, 🔧 Built-in, 🔌 External, 💁‍♀️ User   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

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[← 🐔 Main Agent Layer](02-main-agent-layer.md) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━●━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [⚡ Execution Layer →](04-execution-layer.md)

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