Delegations
After the quickstart, use delegations to send work to your existing factory. Prepare a Machine and deploy a Line before sending a request.
Delegate work by mentioning Islo in a connected tool. The factory Delegator reads the request, finds the right Line or existing run, and routes the work. You can follow progress and reply in the same conversation.
Connect your tools
Open Manage → Integrations and connect the tools your team uses. A code task needs access to its GitHub repository. A ticket task needs the Linear connection; Slack requests need the Islo Slack app in the channel.
You can also connect a tool with islo login --tool github, islo login --tool slack, or islo login --tool linear. See Authentication for team and personal connection scope.
Each Agent also needs a Machine with the repository and tools for its work. Deploy a Suggested Line or a custom Line before asking Islo to run it.
Send a request
For a bug report, include what happened, how to reproduce it, and the repository. For a feature, link the planned ticket. The issue triage, feature delivery, and bug fix guides show which Lines handle those requests.
On GitHub, Islo ignores comments that do not mention @islo-agent. The Delegator uses the issue or pull request context to find related work. On Linear, it uses the issue context the same way.
Follow the delegation
The Delegator can start a Line run, pass your message to the Manager of an existing run, or answer a question directly. When it finds a run for the issue or pull request, your follow-up goes to that run’s Manager. A reply in a Slack thread already tied to a run can go to its Manager without another triage step.
Progress, questions, and results appear in the originating Slack thread, GitHub conversation, or Linear issue. The platform sends those replies; Stage Agents do not need to post them. You can also open the factory’s Runs page to inspect stages and events. Reply to a question in the thread, or use the run conversation and controls in the dashboard. See Operate a run for stop, steer, and retry.
The Manager and Delegator guide explains their roles. Stage Agents use the connected tools through the gateway when they need repository, issue, or attachment data.
Conversation and automatic triggers
An @ mention starts a conversation with the Delegator, which can answer, start a Line, or route the request to an existing run. An integration trigger instead starts a Line when a configured provider event matches its selector. A Line webhook starts a Line from an HTTP request. You can use an integration trigger to start work on a new pull request and mention @islo-agent on that pull request later to continue its run.