Q
What should I delegate vs do inline?
Delegate bounded research with clear return contracts (lists, summaries, verdicts). Keep tight edit loops inline where full context pays.
Glossary · Subagents & Isolation
Subagents & Isolation.
Fresh windows for dirty work.
Direct answer
A subagent handles a focused task in its own clean context window and returns a 1–2K summary; the parent's working memory never sees the exploration sprawl. This Isolate strategy prevents context multiplication (full-history hand-offs that explode tokens and confuse children), enables parallel investigation, and is the standard treatment for research spikes, blast-radius analysis, and multi-file reconnaissance.
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01Subagents & IsolationAnvaya ships 4 subagent profiles with green panes, heartbeats, STALLED detection, and drill-down — plus swarm packs for multi-agent orchestration with merge gates.
Questions
Asked About Subagents & Isolation.
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How do subagents save tokens?
Tens of thousands of exploration tokens live and die in the child window; only the distilled summary enters the parent. Per delegation, often 10–20x.
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What is context multiplication?
Passing full parent history into children (and grandchildren) — token explosion plus confusion from irrelevant history. Pass goals, not transcripts.
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