Patterns · Vol. 18

Pattern

Project subagents

Define specialized subagents as files in the project so Claude Code can delegate a bounded job — a code review, a codebase search, a test-writing pass — to a separate agent with its own context window, its own instructions, and a restricted tool set.

Classification — Delegated agents with isolated context and scoped tools, defined as files.

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