# delegate (/docs/query/delegate)

**Category:** Delegation

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter     | Type   | Description                 |
| ------------- | ------ | --------------------------- |
| `hotkey_ss58` | string | Delegate hotkey to look up. |

## CLI [#cli]

```bash
btcli query delegate --hotkey <ss58|name> --json
```

## Python [#python]

Typed namespace method (autocomplete, signature help):

```python
import bittensor as sub

async with sub.Client("finney") as client:
    result = await client.delegation.delegate(hotkey_ss58="5F...")
```

Or dispatch by name, as an agent would:

```python
result = await client.read("delegate", hotkey_ss58="5F...")
```