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Notes on Claude Code subagents

Field notes on splitting work across subagents: when it helps, when it multiplies confusion, and the conventions that kept mine predictable.

Paper
EL-002
Version
v1.0
Status
Published
Published
Dec 8, 2025
Updated
Dec 8, 2025
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Abstract

Field notes on splitting work across subagents: when it helps, when it multiplies confusion, and the conventions that kept mine predictable.

Claude Code
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@misc{lovett2025002,
  title        = {Notes on Claude Code subagents},
  author       = {Edwin Lovett},
  year         = {2025},
  note         = {EL-002, v1.0},
  howpublished = {\url{https://edwinlovett.com/writing/el-002/}}
}
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