{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"per-subagent-total-tokens-reminder-via-tengu-rippling-tulip","canonical_anchor":"per-subagent-total-tokens-reminder-via-tengu-rippling-tulip","heading":"Subagents can get their own token countdown reminder","tier":"use","area":"Subagents","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/per-subagent-total-tokens-reminder-via-tengu-rippling-tulip","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Subagents can get their own token countdown reminder\n\nA new `CLAUDE_CODE_RIPPLING_TULIP` value sets the token count for the total-tokens reminder, which can be per subagent\n\n**Unclear.** What the number represents is not certain.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can remind the model how many tokens it has used. A token is a small chunk of text that the model reads or writes. The token count used in that reminder can now come from a new value, set by the server or by the `CLAUDE_CODE_RIPPLING_TULIP` environment variable. The count can be read from a subagent's own conversation record. A subagent is a helper Claude starts to work on part of a task.\n\nThis is skipped when the reminder is turned off with `CLAUDE_CODE_TOTAL_TOKENS_REMINDER` or in settings, so those still win.\n\n**Why**\n\nA subagent can be given its own token countdown instead of one shared figure.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Names: `CLAUDE_CODE_RIPPLING_TULIP`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 4\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}