{"version":"2.1.290","anchor":"sub-agent-token-budget-note-streamed-bumblebee","canonical_anchor":"sub-agent-token-budget-note-streamed-bumblebee","heading":"Claude can be told the token budget for each agent it launches","tier":"notice","area":"Subagents","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290\/e\/sub-agent-token-budget-note-streamed-bumblebee","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.290","markdown":"### Claude can be told the token budget for each agent it launches\n\nA note can tell Claude each agent it launches has a fixed token budget, switched on by `CLAUDE_CODE_STREAMED_BUMBLEBEE`\n\n**Unclear.** What the remote switch defaults to when the server sends nothing is not known.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code can now add a note telling Claude that each fresh agent it launches has a budget of a set number of tokens, counting the context the agent starts with. Tokens are the units the model reads and writes text in.\n\nThe note is only added when a remote switch or `CLAUDE_CODE_STREAMED_BUMBLEBEE` is true. Its wording varies by mode (none, forks or all), and can be replaced remotely or with `CLAUDE_CODE_STREAMED_BUMBLEBEE_TEXT`.\n\n**Why**\n\nIt changes the guidance Claude sees about how much room its helper agents have.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 4\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}