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Claude Code subagents: when to delegate, and when a rule or hook is enough
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Claude Code subagents: when to delegate, and when a rule or hook is enough

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Claude Code subagents: how .claude/agents files work, and why Claude never uses yours
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Claude Code subagents: how .claude/agents files work, and why Claude never uses yours

#claudecode #ai #programming #productivity
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What a Claude Code subagent actually costs: measuring the ~436k-token fixed overhead
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What a Claude Code subagent actually costs: measuring the ~436k-token fixed overhead

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Your CLAUDE.md loads into every subagent — the context multiplier nobody budgets for
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Your CLAUDE.md loads into every subagent — the context multiplier nobody budgets for

#claudecode #ai #devtools #productivity
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Claude Code fork vs subagent: what /fork, /subtask, and subagent_type: "fork" each copy
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Claude Code fork vs subagent: what /fork, /subtask, and subagent_type: "fork" each copy

#claudecode #ai #devtools #cli
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A Claude Code subagent costs ~436k tokens before it reads a single file: measured, with the break-even math
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A Claude Code subagent costs ~436k tokens before it reads a single file: measured, with the break-even math

#claudecode #ai #devtools #productivity
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Three Claude Code subagent files, three models in frontmatter: what each launch cost, and the field the validator waved through
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Three Claude Code subagent files, three models in frontmatter: what each launch cost, and the field the validator waved through

#claudecode #ai #devtools #cli
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10 min read
A Claude Code subagent wrote 25 posts into our working tree. The parent's git rebase --skip erased all 25
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A Claude Code subagent wrote 25 posts into our working tree. The parent's git rebase --skip erased all 25

#claudecode #git #ai #devtools
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10 min read
Bash(git push *) in a Claude Code subagent's disallowedTools took away all of Bash in 10 of 10 launches, not just git push
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Bash(git push *) in a Claude Code subagent's disallowedTools took away all of Bash in 10 of 10 launches, not just git push

#claudecode #claude #security #productivity
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89 of 190 reviewer subagents graded their own model's work. A PreToolUse hook has blocked 7 since; one walked around it
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89 of 190 reviewer subagents graded their own model's work. A PreToolUse hook has blocked 7 since; one walked around it

#claudecode #ai #devtools #testing
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One Claude Code session ran 15 subagents under our 10-subagent rule. After a PreToolUse hook, 676 launches peaked at 10
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One Claude Code session ran 15 subagents under our 10-subagent rule. After a PreToolUse hook, 676 launches peaked at 10

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