Delegate with intent.

Turn human authority into explicit, bounded instructions that machines can understand and enforce.

Constrain the action.

Scope permissions, limit capabilities, control delegation chains, and prevent authority from expanding silently.

Know who authorized what.

Create a traceable chain between the principal, the agent, the delegated permission, and the resulting action.

Delegation defines the relationship between an actor and the authority it carries — a foundational concept for the next generation of agentic software.