docs(delegate): clarify that the parent agent populates goal/context - #13698
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…s goal/context The 'subagents know nothing' warning and the 'no conversation history' constraint both said the user provides the goal/context fields. In practice the LLM parent agent calls delegate_task; the user configures the feature but doesn't write delegation calls. Rewording to point at the parent agent matches how the tool actually works.
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* upstream/main: (160 commits) feat(llm-wiki): port provenance markers, source hashing, and quality signals from llm-wiki-compiler (NousResearch#13700) fix(vision): restore tier-aware Nous vision model selection (NousResearch#13703) fix(vision): route Nous main-provider vision through tier-aware backend test(approval): regression guards for thread-local callback contract fix(security): TUI approval overlay accepts blind keystrokes, CLI thread-local callback invisible to agent chore(release): add Ifkellx to AUTHOR_MAP for PR NousResearch#12687 fix(vision): resolve Nous vision model correctly in auto-detect path docs(delegate): clarify that the parent agent, not the user, populates goal/context (NousResearch#13698) fix(auxiliary): refresh Nous runtime credentials after aux 401s feat(delegate): orchestrator role and configurable spawn depth (default flat) fix(tui): inject VS16 so text-default emoji render as color glyphs feat(gateway): recognize .pdf in MEDIA: tag extraction (NousResearch#13683) test(delegate): make default_toolsets regression test robust to user config docs(delegate): remove default_toolsets from example config and docs refactor(delegate): drop dead default_toolsets from CLI default config feat(image-gen): add GPT Image 2 to FAL catalog (NousResearch#13677) fix(gateway): always inject reply-to pointer, not just when quoted text is absent (NousResearch#13676) fix(skills/llama-cpp): concise description, restore python bindings, fix curl improve llama.cpp skill fix(tui): route skills.manage through the long-handler thread pool ... # Conflicts: # tools/file_tools.py # uv.lock
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…s goal/context (NousResearch#13698) The 'subagents know nothing' warning and the 'no conversation history' constraint both said the user provides the goal/context fields. In practice the LLM parent agent calls delegate_task; the user configures the feature but doesn't write delegation calls. Rewording to point at the parent agent matches how the tool actually works.
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Summary
Two spots in the delegation docs said the user provides
goalandcontext. The LLM parent agent is the one makingdelegate_taskcalls, not the user — reworded accordingly.Changes
user-guide/features/delegation.md: the 'Subagents Know Nothing' warning now points at the parent agent populating the fields when callingdelegate_task.guides/delegation-patterns.md: the 'No conversation history' constraint gets the same clarification.Docs only, no code or test changes.