Glossary
Subagent
A specialized Claude instance launched by the orchestrator via Task.
A subagent is a specialized Claude instance launched by the orchestrator via the Task tool. Each subagent has:
- a tightly scoped system prompt
- a declared tool allowlist
- a completion promise (for loop agents)
- an optional validator script that enforces that promise
The code plugin ships 23 subagents: planning, implementation, cross-repo, and support. The judges plugin ships 22 more.
See Orchestrator and subagents for the full roster.