Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
3Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SubagentsArea: what it touches
In DevelopmentKind: in v2.1.248,
In DevelopmentSection of the release
What
A built-in agent definition named workflow-subagent is described as an internal subagent for workflow script orchestration. It is granted all tools with a specific deny list, and it is not offered as something you can pick; workflow execution uses it directly.
Details
The environment variable CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_WORKFLOWS exists in this build, but nothing observed ties it to this agent definition, so whether disabling workflows also removes this agent is not settled by the code.
Evidence
Internal subagent for workflow script orchestration.
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.