background-agents
Background Agents - Non-Blocking Parallel Execution
Background agents let you continue working while long-running tasks execute.
Use run_in_background: true to launch agents that run without blocking.
When to Use Background Agents
- Research phases with multiple independent agents
- Pre-commit reviews (code-simplifier + kieran reviewer)
- Any Task that takes >30 seconds and doesn't gate your immediate next step
Launching Background Agents
Add run_in_background: true to Task calls:
Task(
subagent_type="compound-engineering:review:kieran-typescript-reviewer",
prompt="Review the changes in this PR",
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