# 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]

Namespace method (autocomplete, signature help):

```python
import bittensor as bt

sub = bt.Subtensor()
result = sub.delegation.delegate(hotkey_ss58="5F...")
```

Or dispatch by name, as an agent would:

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

Async is the same surface awaited: `async with bt.Subtensor() as client:`.

## On-chain implementation [#on-chain-implementation]

* Runtime API [`DelegateInfoRuntimeApi.get_delegate`](/code/pallets/subtensor/src/rpc_info/delegate_info.rs#L135-L143)

Every file is browsable under [/code](/code) exactly as built into the runtime.