{"version":"2.1.248","anchor":"workflow-subagents-must-answer-through-a-tool-call","canonical_anchor":"workflow-subagents-must-answer-through-a-tool-call","heading":"Workflow subagents must answer through a tool call","tier":"internal","area":"Workflows","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248\/e\/workflow-subagents-must-answer-through-a-tool-call","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.248","markdown":"### Workflow subagents must answer through a tool call\n\nWorkflow subagents must reply through a structured tool call and retry once on schema failure.\n\n**What**\n\nSubagents started by workflow orchestration get a system prompt requiring the answer to come back as one specific structured tool call rather than as text, and to retry once if the schema validation fails before ending the turn.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`Do NOT put your answer in a text response.`\n\n- Area: Workflows\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}