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Why Claude Code Delegates to Subagents, and What That Actually Buys You

A subagent is not a persona or a mode. It is a separate context window, its own system prompt, and a narrow channel back to the conversation that launched it — a real mechanism with documented costs and documented rules for when paying them is worth it.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 23, 2026 · 17 min read

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