# What is Subagent?

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/glossary/subagent/
> Last updated: 2026-04-18
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# What is Subagent?

A specialized agent spawned by a parent agent to handle a focused subtask with its own context window. Common pattern for long-running work: the parent orchestrates, subagents do focused reads/writes without bloating the parent's context.

## See also

- [Claude Cowork](https://openclawdatabase.com/claude-cowork/)

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