Spawn Backends

A backend determines how teammate Claude instances actually run. Claude Code supports three backends and auto-detects the best one based on your environment.

Experimental: Agent teams are disabled by default. Enable with CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS in your settings or environment.

Related skills:

• Orchestrating - Primitives overview and quick reference
• Team Management - Creating and managing teams
• Error Handling - Troubleshooting backend issues

Backend Comparison