Boris Cherny8/ Use Subagents to Automate Common Workflows
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When this pattern helps
Use this when work can be split into independent tasks with clear boundaries. Keep shared-file ownership explicit and require a review step before combining results; parallelism is not automatically faster when tasks depend on one another.
适合可以拆成相互独立子任务的工作。先划清文件与任务边界,再约定合并前的复核步骤;任务之间高度依赖时,并行未必更快。
Use a few subagents regularly: code-simplifier simplifies the code after Claude is done working, verify-app has detailed instructions for testing Claude Code end to end, and so on. Think of subagents as automating the most common workflows — similar to slash commands.
Subagents live in .claude/agents/.
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