{"version":"2.1.315","anchor":"subagent-effort-falls-back-to-a-permission-layer-default","canonical_anchor":"subagent-effort-falls-back-to-a-permission-layer-default","heading":"Subagents without an effort level now get one from their permission settings","tier":"notice","area":"Subagents","scope":"both","heads_up":true,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.315\/e\/subagent-effort-falls-back-to-a-permission-layer-default","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.315","markdown":"### Subagents without an effort level now get one from their permission settings\n\nA subagent with no valid effort level of its own now gets one worked out from its permission settings instead of none\n\n**Unclear.** Which effort level the permission settings produce is not known.\n\n**What**\n\nA subagent is a helper Claude starts to handle part of a task. Its effort level sets how much reasoning the model puts in. When a subagent has no valid effort level set, Claude Code now works one out from the layers of permission settings that apply, instead of leaving it unset.\n\n**Why**\n\nSubagents that used to have no effort level now run at one, which can change how much reasoning they do.\n\n- Area: Subagents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: both\n- Heads-up: yes"}