Thrifty Task Delegation

Use this skill to delegate tasks to opencode/glm-5, a cost-effective model ideal for:

• Simple research and information gathering

• Code exploration and file searches

• Document processing and summarization

• Routine automation tasks

• Parallel processing of independent subtasks

Usage Pattern

Invoke glm-5 via the task tool:

task({ description: "Brief task summary", prompt: "Detailed instructions for the agent", subagent_type: "general" // glm-5 is the default model })

Cost Guidelines

Task Type Recommended Model Est. Cost

Simple search/explore glm-5 (default) Low

Code review code-review-a Low

Complex architecture oracle Medium

Deep debugging code-review-c Higher

Best Practices

• Break large tasks into smaller chunks - glm-5 handles focused tasks well

• Provide clear, specific instructions - reduces iteration and context usage

• Use for parallel work - delegate multiple independent tasks simultaneously

• Verify complex outputs - have a stronger model review critical results

• Batch similar operations - group related file operations together

Example Delegations

File exploration:

task({ description: "Find auth-related files", prompt: "Search the codebase for all files related to authentication. Return a list of file paths and brief descriptions of what each does.", subagent_type: "general" })

Documentation summarization:

task({ description: "Summarize API docs", prompt: "Read docs/api.md and provide a 3-bullet summary of the main endpoints and their purposes.", subagent_type: "general" })

Parallel processing:

// Delegate multiple independent tasks concurrently const tasks = [ task({ description: "Analyze utils.ts", prompt: "...", subagent_type: "general" }), task({ description: "Analyze helpers.ts", prompt: "...", subagent_type: "general" }), task({ description: "Analyze constants.ts", prompt: "...", subagent_type: "general" }) ]; await Promise.all(tasks);

When NOT to Use glm-5

• Complex multi-step architectural decisions

• Security-critical code review

• Novel problem-solving requiring creativity

• Tasks requiring deep contextual understanding

For these, use oracle , code-review-c , or other specialized subagents instead.