{"version":"2.1.293","anchor":"background-task-list-shows-subagent-type-as-description","canonical_anchor":"background-task-list-shows-subagent-type-as-description","heading":"Background task list shows which kind of subagent each task is","tier":"notice","area":"Sessions","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.293\/e\/background-task-list-shows-subagent-type-as-description","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.293","markdown":"### Background task list shows which kind of subagent each task is\n\nThe background task picker now shows a task's subagent type when it differs from the default agent type\n\n**What**\n\nIn the list for picking a background task, the smaller description line now shows the subagent type when it is not the default agent type. A subagent is a helper agent Claude starts to handle part of a task. Before, that line always showed the task's type with the `local_` prefix removed.\n\n**Why**\n\nYou can now tell which kind of subagent each background task is.\n\n- Area: Sessions\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}