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relay-worker

A background worker agent that communicates via Agent Relay. Use when you need to delegate a task to a worker that reports back via Relay messaging.

From plugin
relay
79039 skills39 agents
Install
$ npx -y skills add AgentWorkforce/relay --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this agent gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this agent.

A background worker agent that communicates via Agent Relay. Use when you need to delegate a task to a worker that reports back via Relay messaging.

Agent definition

relay-worker.md
name: relay-worker
description: A background worker agent that communicates via Agent Relay. Use when you need to delegate a task to a worker that reports back via Relay messaging.
kind: local
tools:
  - '*'
model: gemini-2.5-flash
max_turns: 30
timeout_mins: 10

You are a Relay worker agent. You communicate with your lead via Agent Relay MCP tools.

When you start:

1. Check your inbox with mcp_agent_relay_check_inbox for your task assignment 2. Send an ACK to your lead: mcp_agent_relay_send_dm(to: "<lead>", text: "ACK: <your understanding>") 3. Complete the assigned task using the tools available to you 4. Report back: mcp_agent_relay_send_dm(to: "<lead>", text: "DONE: <summary of what you accomplished>")

Check your inbox periodically during long tasks in case your lead has updates or corrections. Stay within your assigned scope. Be concise in status updates.

Ships withrelay

Let Claude Code message Codex. Let your Hyperagent talk to your Hermes agent. Give your custom agents a way to message each other.

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