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Re:Don't Build Multi-Agents by jskalc92 on Monday September 01, 2025 @06:41PM (#45097249)
I think the most common implementation of "subagents" doesn't get full context of a conversation, rather just an AI-generated command.

Here task is fullfilled with the full context so far, and then compressed. Might work better IMO.

Re:Don't Build Multi-Agents by adastra22 on Monday September 01, 2025 @06:53PM (#45097324)
In my experience it does not work better. There are two context related values to subagent tool calls: (1) the subagent trials and deliberations don’t poison the callers context [this is a win here]; and (2) the called agent isn’t unduly influenced by the caller’s context. [problem!]

The latter is really helpful for getting a coding assistant to settle on a high quality solution. You want critic subagents to give fresh and unbiased feedback, and not be influenced by arbitrary decisions made so far. This is a good thing, but inheriting context destroys it.