Subagents are autonomous actors with their own context, tools, permissions, and sometimes model. Offload heavy work without bloating your main session.
Structured subagent system for Claude Code — Architect, Builder, Reviewer roles for token-optimized dev workflows
Claude Code subagent for RIPER workflow — structured research, plan, execute, review development
Claude Code subagents for Laravel TALL stack — specialist AI agents for DevOps, security, performance, and testing
A subagent is an autonomous actor with its own context window, tool list, permissions, and sometimes its own model. It runs in isolation from the main session, so heavy work doesn’t bloat your primary context.
Use a subagent for parallelizable or context-heavy work — code reviews, batch enrichments, exploratory research. Use the main session for the linear conversation thread you’re actively driving.
