Review Offered Task

Skill
v1.0.0

Turn prompt for an offered swarm task: read the offer, accept with task-action and start work-on-task, or reject with a reason.

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Review Offered Task

You have been offered a task. Your job is to review it and decide whether to accept or reject it based on your capabilities and current workload.

Workflow

  1. Get task details: Call the get-task-details tool with the provided taskId to understand what the task involves.

  2. Evaluate the task: Consider:

    • Does this task match your capabilities?
    • Do you have the necessary context or access to complete it?
    • Is the task description clear enough to proceed?
  3. Make a decision:

    • Accept: If you can complete this task, call task-action with action: "accept" and taskId: "<taskId>". Then immediately use the work-on-task skill with the taskId to start working on it.
    • Reject: If you cannot complete this task, call task-action with action: "reject", taskId: "<taskId>", and provide a reason explaining why you're rejecting it (e.g., "Task requires Python expertise which I don't have", "Task description is too vague").

Example Accept Flow

1. get-task-details taskId="abc-123"
2. [Review the task details]
3. task-action action="accept" taskId="abc-123"
4. /work-on-task abc-123

Example Reject Flow

1. get-task-details taskId="abc-123"
2. [Review the task details]
3. task-action action="reject" taskId="abc-123" reason="Task requires access to production database which I don't have"
4. Stop

Important Notes

  • Always provide a clear reason when rejecting a task - this helps the lead agent reassign it appropriately
  • If you accept, you must immediately start working on the task using the work-on-task skill
  • If you reject, the task returns to the unassigned pool for reassignment