Agents & Orchestration Advanced

Parallel File Processing

Process files concurrently using subagents that work in their own context windows

Command

"color:#9CA3AF;font-style:italic"># Agent teams (experimental):
$ CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1 "color:#7C5CFC">claude
  
"color:#9CA3AF;font-style:italic"># Then describe the team:
$ "I need 3 teammates:
  1. Frontend dev "color:#7C5CFC">for src/components/
  2. Backend dev "color:#7C5CFC">for src/api/
  3. Test engineer "color:#7C5CFC">for tests/"

Response

// Team lead creates shared task list
// Teammates claim and work on tasks independently
// Inter-agent messaging via mailbox system
// Press Shift+Down to cycle teammates, Ctrl+T for task list

Parsing Code

059669">">// Subagents vs Agent Teams:
059669">">// Subagents: report to parent, results summarized back
059669">">// Teams: peers that message each other, shared task list
059669">">// Teams cost ~7x more in plan mode due to coordination overhead

Gotchas

! Agent teams require CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1 environment variable

! Subagents have their own context windows — verbose results don't pollute the main context

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