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Fork/subagent invocations now surface tools to context builder

Forked subagent invocations now pass their tool list through to the context builder

TierUnder the hoodhow much it should matter to you
Useful1my rating, 1 to 5
Signal1worth watching, 1 to 5
AreaSubagentswhat it touches
KindInternal Changesin v2.1.271,
Under the hood

Forked subagent invocations now pass their tool list through to the context builder

What

When Claude Code forks a subagent (a separate Claude instance spun up to handle part of a task), the call that builds its context now includes tools: e.options.tools, passing along the set of tools the subagent has available.

Why

This makes the subagent's available tools visible to the context-building step, which likely improves how context is assembled around what that subagent can actually do.

How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtWhat consumes this added `tools` value and what effect it has is not stated.

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