Under the hoodTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
SubagentsArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.293,
Internal ChangesSection of the release
What
A subagent is a helper agent Claude starts to handle part of a task. Each one now records whether its owner, the agent that started it, has the tools needed to continue agents. Claude Code works this out from the owner's tools and keeps it updated for subagents it owns.
Why
This relates to continuing agents that run in the background.
