Subagent Delegation
The tool spawns child AIAgent instances with isolated context, restricted toolsets, and their own terminal sessions. Each child gets a fresh conversation and wo
The tool spawns child AIAgent instances with isolated context, restricted toolsets, and their own terminal sessions. Each child gets a fresh conversation and works independently — only its final summary enters the parent's context. …
What this page covers
- Single Task
- Parallel Batch
- How Subagent Context Works
- Practical Examples
- Parallel Research
- Code Review + Fix
- Multi-File Refactoring
- Batch Mode Details
- Model Override
- Toolset Selection Tips
- Max Iterations
- Child Timeout
- Monitoring Running Subagents (/agents)
- Depth Limit and Nested Orchestration
- Lifetime and Durability
- Key Properties
- Delegation vs executecode
- Configuration
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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