Subagents

Purpose

Delegate work to a subagent when its own context is worth the cost of starting one. A subagent begins cold — it re-derives everything the main agent already knows — so the delegation must buy more than it costs.

When to Use

• A search or exploration that would flood the main context with results you do not need to keep.
• Independent work that can run in parallel.
• A task requiring a different, specialized instruction set.
• Verification by an agent that has not seen the reasoning that produced the work.

Capabilities