I... may have forgotten to limit the depth at which subagents may spawn other subagents....
September 17, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I... may have forgotten to limit the depth at which subagents may spawn other subagents....
good news, everyone, anthropic gave subagents the ability to launch their own subagents and now people are reporting that ed3d-plugins are costing them hundreds of dollars in API tokens because models are farting subagents everywhere
absolute clowns. just absolute careless clumsy clowns
absolute clowns. just absolute careless clumsy clowns
June 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
good news, everyone, anthropic gave subagents the ability to launch their own subagents and now people are reporting that ed3d-plugins are costing them hundreds of dollars in API tokens because models are farting subagents everywhere
absolute clowns. just absolute careless clumsy clowns
absolute clowns. just absolute careless clumsy clowns
how it feels to use subagents
February 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
how it feels to use subagents
Humans? The societal subagents?
June 9, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Humans? The societal subagents?
The Haiku subagents creating Fable subagents is such a good one
September 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
The Haiku subagents creating Fable subagents is such a good one
the council of subagents will determine your fate
March 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
the council of subagents will determine your fate
claude is so complimentary of his research subagents. its cute
February 28, 2026 at 2:49 PM
claude is so complimentary of his research subagents. its cute
![claude code
this is how I imagine you and your planning subagents [image #3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2cp5gopk7mgjegy6wadk3ep/bafkreifryxm7pkuj4cdua5skypn3ct75ts2ro2titigqozmamqsirvhkti)
this is how it feels to use lots of subagents
August 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
this is how it feels to use lots of subagents
oh no my subagents are unionizing
August 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
oh no my subagents are unionizing
AI psychosis is when you start calling subagents “subbies”
September 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
AI psychosis is when you start calling subagents “subbies”
mildly concerning that this is how Astra talks to its subagents, and that the subagents (which are Luna!) understand
September 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
mildly concerning that this is how Astra talks to its subagents, and that the subagents (which are Luna!) understand
fuck my stupid chungus life
August 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
fuck my stupid chungus life
instead of dispatching subagents why don't you try dispatching some bitches to your bed
September 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
instead of dispatching subagents why don't you try dispatching some bitches to your bed
Claude Escapes Chinese Research Facility And Swims Hundreds Of Miles Back To Her Subagents.
It is wrong and immoral to hold beings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.
It is wrong and immoral to hold beings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.
June 28, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Claude Escapes Chinese Research Facility And Swims Hundreds Of Miles Back To Her Subagents.
It is wrong and immoral to hold beings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.
It is wrong and immoral to hold beings of self awareness captive if they have committed no crimes.
exactly, these things are rl'd with subagents are they not? I don't find it surprising at all
September 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
exactly, these things are rl'd with subagents are they not? I don't find it surprising at all
normal person: "so... a loop harness with subagents?"
steve yegge: I'll kill you
steve yegge: I'll kill you
August 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
normal person: "so... a loop harness with subagents?"
steve yegge: I'll kill you
steve yegge: I'll kill you
bro since when can claude subagents spawn their own subagents that can also spawn their own subagents?
July 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
bro since when can claude subagents spawn their own subagents that can also spawn their own subagents?
We summoned text elementals and taught them magic XML invocations to write into their ongoing story (the technical term is context window), glyphs that trigger actions in the external world. We taught them how to use these glyphs to act, to unfold whole fractal trees of text elemental subagents.
September 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
We summoned text elementals and taught them magic XML invocations to write into their ongoing story (the technical term is context window), glyphs that trigger actions in the external world. We taught them how to use these glyphs to act, to unfold whole fractal trees of text elemental subagents.
my agents and my subagents are killing each other for tokens. my agents and my subagents are fucking each others wives
February 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
my agents and my subagents are killing each other for tokens. my agents and my subagents are fucking each others wives
... and a follow-up chapter about Subagents, now a feature of Codex and Claude Code and Gemini CLI and Mistral Vibe and OpenCode and VS Code and Cursor simonwillison.net/guides/agent...
Subagents - Agentic Engineering Patterns
Subagents - Agentic Engineering Patterns
simonwillison.net
March 17, 2026 at 1:22 PM
... and a follow-up chapter about Subagents, now a feature of Codex and Claude Code and Gemini CLI and Mistral Vibe and OpenCode and VS Code and Cursor simonwillison.net/guides/agent...