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2626* A [forked subagent](/docs/en/sub-agents#fork-the-current-conversation) is a subagent that inherits your full conversation context instead of starting fresh. It's a way to spawn a subagent, not a separate surface. Start one with `/subtask`. Claude also spawns one itself where [fork mode](/docs/en/sub-agents#turn-fork-mode-on-or-off) is on. To copy the whole session into a new [background session](/docs/en/agent-view#from-inside-a-session) that runs alongside it, use `/fork`. With [agent view turned off](/docs/en/agent-view#turn-off-agent-view), the forked-subagent command is `/fork` instead and `/subtask` isn't available.
2727* A [cloud scheduled task](/docs/en/routines) runs a session on a schedule in the cloud, not in parallel on your machine.
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30 Running several sessions or subagents at once multiplies token usage. See [Costs](/docs/en/costs) for usage and rate-limit details.
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31> Running several sessions or subagents at once multiplies token usage. See [Costs](/docs/en/costs) for usage and rate-limit details.
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