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Subagents

Subagents are specialized assistants that a main assistant can call for focused work.

Use them when a task benefits from a separate role, for example:

  • code review
  • UI testing
  • workflow building
  • research
  • plugin repair

How They Differ From Skills​

Skills define what the main assistant can do. Subagents are helper assistants with their own instructions, tool access, iteration limits, and optional model settings.

Some built-in skills already include useful subagents. You can also configure custom subagents and allow them from the main assistant configuration.

Good Practice​

  • Keep each subagent narrow.
  • Give it only the tools it needs.
  • Use a different model only when that role needs it.
  • Let the main assistant summarize the result for you.

Subagent activity is shown in the parent conversation so you can see what was delegated.