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feat(delegate): orchestrator role and configurable spawn depth (default flat)

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Adds role='leaf'|'orchestrator' to delegate_task. With max_spawn_depth>=2,
an orchestrator child retains the 'delegation' toolset and can spawn its
own workers; leaf children cannot delegate further (identical to today).

Default posture is flat — max_spawn_depth=1 means a depth-0 parent's
children land at the depth-1 floor and orchestrator role silently
degrades to leaf. Users opt into nested delegation by raising
max_spawn_depth to 2 or 3 in config.yaml.

Also threads acp_command/acp_args through the main agent loop's delegate
dispatch (previously silently dropped in the schema) via a new
_dispatch_delegate_task helper, and adds a DelegateEvent enum with
legacy-string back-compat for gateway/ACP/CLI progress consumers.

Config (hermes_cli/config.py defaults):
  delegation.max_concurrent_children: 3   # floor-only, no upper cap
  delegation.max_spawn_depth: 1           # 1=flat (default), 2-3 unlock nested
  delegation.orchestrator_enabled: true   # global kill switch

Salvaged from @pefontana's PR #11215. Overrides vs. the original PR:
concurrency stays at 3 (PR bumped to 5 + cap 8 — we keep the floor only,
no hard ceiling); max_spawn_depth defaults to 1 (PR defaulted to 2 which
silently enabled one level of orchestration for every user).

Co-authored-by: pefontana <fontana.pedro93@gmail.com>
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# Subagent Delegation
# =============================================================================
# The delegate_task tool spawns child agents with isolated context.
# Supports single tasks and batch mode (up to 3 parallel).
# Supports single tasks and batch mode (default 3 parallel, configurable).
delegation:
max_iterations: 50 # Max tool-calling turns per child (default: 50)
# max_concurrent_children: 3 # Max parallel child agents (default: 3)
# max_spawn_depth: 1 # Tree depth cap (1-3, default: 1 = flat). Raise to 2 or 3 to allow orchestrator children to spawn their own workers.
# orchestrator_enabled: true # Kill switch for role="orchestrator" children (default: true).
# model: "google/gemini-3-flash-preview" # Override model for subagents (empty = inherit parent)
# provider: "openrouter" # Override provider for subagents (empty = inherit parent)
# # Resolves full credentials (base_url, api_key) automatically.