What is a subagent?

A subagent is a helper an agent hands a job to, which works separately and reports back one answer.

Navid Moazzezby Navid MoazzezUpdated Sept. 12, 20261 min read
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The point is separation. A subagent can read 40 files and return 3 sentences, and only those 3 sentences come back into your session.

Without it, all 40 files would sit in your context for the rest of the day.

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