When it fits
Good for: knowledge exploration, information gathering, and classification/collaboration — the main Agent assigns different exploration tasks to different subagents to complete in parallel, then aggregates the results.
- Gathering weapon references, worldbuilding knowledge, and character design separately
- Reading different chapters separately and then summarizing
Where to enable
In Agent Settings you can turn subagents on or off. When enabled, the main Agent will automatically trigger subagent collaboration as the task requires.

Configure a separate model for subagents
Subagents mainly explore the information the main task needs, so you can pair them with a different model from the main Agent. Benefits of tuning this well:- Saves the main Agent’s context
- Parallel exploration speeds up information loading
- Using a cheaper model lowers overall cost

Context Window
Learn how context is consumed and when to open a new window
Skills
Turn reusable exploration/organization flows into Skills to use with subagents