Delegate the work

What changes today

Delegated work becomes manageable from the outcome note.

Instead of starting a detached chat, you send one specific next action from the note and keep the thread, result, or review cue attached to the work.

You are creating

A Delegated work section that lets you return to the assignment without searching tabs or history.

Before:

• next action is in your head
• the assignment starts in a detached chat
• the result may be hard to find later

After:

• one next action is written in the note
• the chat thread, result, or review cue is attached to the note
• the delegated work can be reviewed from the same place the outcome lives

Copy into your note

Add the Smart Chat codeblock to delegate and manage work from the note:

## Delegated work

```smart-chatgpt
```

Add a next action section to better clarify the next step of the work being delegated.

## Next action

- [ ] Evaluate the current context against what done looks like for the current note to identify possible blindspots
- [ ] [one specific action AI should help with right now]

Answer in your note

• What action might be best to complete next?

Next action starters

Examples

Weak delegation:

• the assignment is not visible from the outcome note
• the exact thread is hard to find later
• review depends on memory
• the next action is unclear

Better delegation:

## Next action
- [ ] Produce a first pass that can be reviewed against What done looks like.

## Delegated work
[link to the where AI is doing the work]

Why it works:

• the delegated work is attached to the note
• the outcome note can be improved after review

Checkpoint

• The note can get you back to the delegated work without searching.

Use Smart Plugins to make this easier

• Copy the outcome note and attached context as the assignment.
  • How I use my notes as assignments for delegating work to AI in Obsidian
• Keep the chat thread and review state attached to the note that owns the outcome.
  • How I manage chat threads in my Obsidian notes

Smart Chat is helpful when you want the provider thread attached inside Obsidian. It is not required. If you use another method, use the Delegated work section to make it easy for you to access the work.

Same loop, bigger outcome

For small outcomes, one delegated action may be enough to produce a usable result.

For complex outcomes, delegate one next action at a time so review can improve the note before the next pass.

The same rule still applies: delegate one specific next action and use reviewing the result to improve the outcome note.