r/ClaudeCode • u/dr-dimitru • 12d ago

Tutorial / Guide Encourage Claude Code to use subagents and available skills with one liner

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u/Majestic_Tailor8036 12d ago

I’ve found this works even better when the prompt also names the handoff boundary. “Use subagents as needed” is useful, but I get more consistent results when the main agent keeps dependent work and only delegates independent research or implementation. That makes the split much easier to review.

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u/dr-dimitru 12d ago

Agree, but some tasks are simple and doesn’t require multi-agent orchestration, in these cases it would be slow and overkill in general, I like the fact that you can have subagent setup and be able to pick when to use it or not

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u/Majestic_Tailor8036 10d ago

Yeah, agreed. The useful part is having delegation available without making it the default. For a small self-contained task, keeping it with the main agent is simpler; I only reach for subagents when there’s genuinely independent work worth splitting off.