delegate_to_subagents

Delegate development tasks to autonomous subagents for parallel or sequential execution, enabling specialized roles like backend, frontend, or QA engineers to work efficiently within a defined working directory.

Instructions

Delegate tasks to Goose CLI subagents for autonomous development

Input Schema

Name	Required	Description	Default
`agents`	Yes	Array of subagents to create
`execution_mode`	No	How to execute the subagents	parallel
`task`	Yes	The development task to delegate to subagents
`working_directory`	No	Working directory for the subagents (defaults to current directory)

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

{
  "properties": {
    "agents": {
      "description": "Array of subagents to create",
      "items": {
        "properties": {
          "instructions": {
            "description": "Specific instructions for this agent",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "recipe": {
            "description": "Optional recipe name to use for this agent",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "role": {
            "description": "Agent role (e.g., backend_developer, frontend_developer, qa_engineer)",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "role",
          "instructions"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "array"
    },
    "execution_mode": {
      "default": "parallel",
      "description": "How to execute the subagents",
      "enum": [
        "parallel",
        "sequential"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "task": {
      "description": "The development task to delegate to subagents",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "working_directory": {
      "description": "Working directory for the subagents (defaults to current directory)",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "task",
    "agents"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

MCP Goose Subagents Server

delegate_to_subagents

Instructions

Input Schema

Input Schema (JSON Schema)

Other Tools from MCP Goose Subagents Server

Related Tools

MCP directory API