{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"sub-agent-description-can-be-a-function-of-the-allocated-nam","canonical_anchor":"sub-agent-description-can-be-a-function-of-the-allocated-nam","heading":"Subagent labels can now be built from the agent's assigned name","tier":"notice","area":"Subagents","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/sub-agent-description-can-be-a-function-of-the-allocated-nam","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Subagent labels can now be built from the agent's assigned name\n\nWhen Claude Code starts a subagent, its description can now be generated from the name the subagent is given\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear which parts of Claude Code use this yet.\n\n**What**\n\nA subagent is a separate helper agent that Claude Code starts to work on part of a task. Each one has a short description used as its label. That description can now be worked out from the name the subagent is given when it starts. Before, it was always fixed text.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis lets subagents started from the same request carry labels that differ by name.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}