Sub-agents

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Techniques

Smaller agent components that handle delegated tasks within a larger workflow.

Why it's here

Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by model releases, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 44%.

7The New Stack·6/8/2026framework_update
Claude Code adds dynamic workflows for parallel agent orchestration
Anthropic introduced dynamic workflows in Claude Code with Opus 4.8, a research preview feature that lets Claude write its own orchestration scripts and run multiple subagents in parallel. In a test described by The New Stack, the feature completed a local codebase analysis tool with five agents working at once and produced a working CLI with passing tests.
7OpenAI Blog·3/17/2026model_release
OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4 mini and nano
OpenAI has released GPT-5.4 mini and nano, smaller and faster variants of GPT-5.4. The models are optimized for coding, tool use, multimodal reasoning, and high-volume API and sub-agent workloads.