{"version":"2.1.312","anchor":"forkagent-usage-guidance-now-chosen-by-explicit-mode","canonical_anchor":"forkagent-usage-guidance-now-chosen-by-explicit-mode","heading":"Guidance for starting subagents is chosen in a different way","tier":"internal","area":"Subagents","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312\/e\/forkagent-usage-guidance-now-chosen-by-explicit-mode","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.312","markdown":"### Guidance for starting subagents is chosen in a different way\n\nThe guidance text for starting subagents is now picked by an explicit mode, and the wording itself is unchanged\n\n**What**\n\nA subagent is a separate helper that Claude can start to work on part of a task. Claude Code includes guidance in its instructions about when to start one. That guidance is now picked from a fixed set of modes: `none`, `fork`, `fork-background`, `with-nudge` and `plain`. The text of the guidance has not changed.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis is an internal rework. The wording Claude sees is the same.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}