--- title: How and when to use subagents in Claude Code | daily.dev description: Claude Code supports subagents — isolated Claude instances with their own context windows — to handle parallel, research-heavy, or independent tasks without... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-and-when-to-use-subagents-in-claude-code-j8ovmxhum twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How and when to use subagents in Claude Code | daily.dev og:description: Claude Code supports subagents — isolated Claude instances with their own context windows — to handle parallel, research-heavy, or independent tasks without... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-and-when-to-use-subagents-in-claude-code-j8ovmxhum og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J8OVMXhuM.png og:image:alt: How and when to use subagents in Claude Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How and when to use subagents in Claude Code **[Claude](https://daily.dev/sources/claude)** · 15 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Claude Code supports subagents — isolated Claude instances with their own context windows — to handle parallel, research-heavy, or independent tasks without polluting the main session. The post covers when to use subagents (parallel work, codebase research, fresh code reviews, pipeline workflows), how to invoke them (conversational prompts, custom subagent definitions in .claude/agents/, CLAUDE.md policies, reusable skills, and lifecycle hooks), and when to avoid them (sequential dependent work, same-file edits, small tasks, or tasks requiring inter-agent communication). Practical prompt patterns and configuration examples are provided for each approach, along with guidance on when to use agent teams instead. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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