Claude Delegator

Why it's ranked here

The design has useful boundaries, not just model switching. Five defined roles, explicit delegation triggers, separate advisory and implementation modes, and synthesized responses make the workflow understandable. Multi-turn retries preserve context. The main reservation is operational weight: users still need Claude Code, at least one external provider CLI, authentication, MCP registration, and installed orchestration rules.

What's good

Provider choice is practical: Codex uses its native MCP server, while Gemini gets a zero-dependency bridge. The bridge validates required inputs, rejects unsupported sandbox values, avoids shell execution, and returns structured errors. Prompts tell specialists what to prioritize and when not to intervene. The rules also discourage delegation for trivial work, research, and first attempts at fixes.

Tradeoffs

Setup changes user-scoped MCP configuration and copies orchestration rules into the Claude configuration area. Provider CLIs and their authentication remain separate prerequisites. Automatic routing depends on semantic trigger rules, so users may need an explicit request when an expert does not activate. Implementation mode grants workspace write access. Gemini supports only read-only and workspace-write sandbox choices, and its bridge parses JSON from CLI output.

How to use it well

Use it for consequential design choices, plan validation, ambiguous requirements, security checks, code review, and debugging after repeated failures. Start advisory work read-only, reserve write access for requested fixes, and keep related implementation steps in one thread. It suits Claude Code users who already want Codex, Gemini, or both installed. It does not replace research tools, routine file operations, or a first debugging attempt.

Observed

License

MIT

Primary implementation language

JavaScript for the Gemini MCP bridge; orchestration and specialist definitions are Markdown

Install surface

Claude Code marketplace plugin with setup and uninstall slash commands

Interface

MCP over stdio, with Codex native MCP and a Gemini JSON-RPC bridge

Provider requirement

Requires at least one authenticated Codex CLI or Gemini CLI installation

Runtime dependencies

Gemini bridge uses built-in Node.js modules and declares itself zero-dependency

Operating modes

Read-only advisory mode and workspace-write implementation mode

Specialist structure

Five roles: architect, plan reviewer, scope analyst, code reviewer, and security analyst