sub-agent-patterns
✓Comprehensive guide to sub-agents in Claude Code: built-in agents (Explore, Plan, general-purpose), custom agent creation, configuration, and delegation patterns. Use when: creating custom sub-agents, delegating bulk operations, parallel research, understanding built-in agents, or configuring agent tools/models.
Installation
SKILL.md
Status: Production Ready ✅ Last Updated: 2026-01-14 Source: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents
Sub-agents are specialized AI assistants that Claude Code can delegate tasks to. Each sub-agent has its own context window, configurable tools, and custom system prompt.
The primary value of sub-agents isn't specialization—it's keeping your main context clean.
Comprehensive guide to sub-agents in Claude Code: built-in agents (Explore, Plan, general-purpose), custom agent creation, configuration, and delegation patterns. Use when: creating custom sub-agents, delegating bulk operations, parallel research, understanding built-in agents, or configuring agent tools/models. Source: jezweb/claude-skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills --skill sub-agent-patterns- Source
- jezweb/claude-skills
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- </>Dev Tools
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- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is sub-agent-patterns?
Comprehensive guide to sub-agents in Claude Code: built-in agents (Explore, Plan, general-purpose), custom agent creation, configuration, and delegation patterns. Use when: creating custom sub-agents, delegating bulk operations, parallel research, understanding built-in agents, or configuring agent tools/models. Source: jezweb/claude-skills.
How do I install sub-agent-patterns?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills --skill sub-agent-patterns Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
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- 2026-02-01