Agent Management System (New!)
- New
/agentscommand: Create and manage custom subagents that Claude can delegate tasks to - Create agents with specialized system prompts and tool access
- Choose between AI-generated or manual agent configuration
- Agents can be stored at project level (
.claude/agents/) or personal level (~/.claude/agents/) - Built-in agents are always available and cannot be modified
- Each agent can have a custom background color for visual distinction
Example usage:
# Open the agent management interface
/agents
Background Shell Management Tools (New!)
- KillShell Tool: Kill a running background shell by its ID
- Use
/bashescommand to find shell IDs - Returns success/failure status
- BashOutput Tool: Retrieve output from background shells
- Returns only new output since last check
- Shows stdout, stderr, and shell status
- Automatically truncates very long outputs
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You can now create custom subagents for specialized tasks! Run /agents to get started