Claude Code Subagent Not Working? Common Problems and Fixes
Fix a Claude Code subagent not working: check agent files, delegation, tools, permissions, and model settings with a small reproducible test.
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Agentic system design for production. Articles in this section cover planning, tool use, evals, reliability, memory, multi-agent orchestration, prompt patterns that survive iteration, and the rails (timeouts, budgets, audit logs) that keep agents from going off the rails. Posts compare frameworks where it matters and tell you when a framework is the wrong answer. If you are deciding between a skill, an MCP server, a subagent, and a hook, the comparison guides in this section are the place to start.
Fix a Claude Code subagent not working: check agent files, delegation, tools, permissions, and model settings with a small reproducible test.
Explore 10 Claude Code subagent use cases with example prompts, useful outputs, and clear limits. Choose the right helper for your next development task.
Create your first Claude Code subagent with a complete beginner tutorial. Copy the agent file, review sample code, and check that your setup works.
Protect API keys when using AI coding agents. Learn what .gitignore cannot do, how to limit access, and what to do if a secret leaks.
Claude Code 2.1.277 reads AGENTS.md, but CLAUDE.md still wins by default. See the four modes, the CLAUDE.local.md gotcha, and when to keep both files.
Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were pulled on June 12 after a US Commerce Department order. Plain guide to what happened, why, and what to do next.
What MCP Apps are, how they let MCP servers ship interactive UIs to hosts, the security model, and what to prepare for before the July 28 spec lands.
A plain guide to MCP Apps and the OpenAI Apps SDK in 2026, how they actually relate, the honest differences, code from both sides, and a clear way to pick.
Microsoft released RAMPART on May 20, 2026, a pytest-native safety testing framework for AI agents. Here is how to apply it to your Claude agents today.
A practical side by side look at the Claude Agent SDK and Vercel AI SDK 6 for production AI agents in 2026, with code, defaults, and a clear pick.
What Claude Code's /goal command and Agent View do, how they work together, how to write a completion condition that holds, and when to actually use them.
A plain-English breakdown of Anthropic's internal report on how its own teams use Claude Code: the real workflows, the numbers, and what you can copy.
I used Claude Code and Cursor side by side for three months on production work. Here is where each one wins, where it loses, and the one I kept.
Claude Code Ultraplan moves your planning to the cloud while your terminal stays free. Here is what it does, how to use it, and when it actually helps.
AutoDream cleans Claude Code's MEMORY.md between sessions. /dream runs it on demand. See what gets rewritten and how to turn it off.
How Claude Code Outcomes work, why a separate grading agent improves agent quality, and how to write a rubric that catches the failures you actually care about.
What Claude Code Routines are, how scheduled, API, and GitHub triggers work, and seven practical workflows you can copy into your own setup this week.
A plain-English comparison of Claude Code skills, MCP servers, subagents, and hooks. When to pick each, with a decision tree, code, and common confusion.
Build your first Claude Managed Agent step by step: agent, environment, session, streaming events, rate limits, and the production gotchas no one mentions.
How to secure a Model Context Protocol server in production: OAuth 2.1, RFC 8707 audience binding, rate limiting, audit logs, and the mistakes I keep seeing.
Build your first Claude Code skill. See the SKILL.md format, where skills live on disk, the YAML frontmatter fields, and how to test the skill.
Understand Claude Mythos Preview, Project Glasswing access, reported security findings, and the practical steps developers can take to protect their software.
A friendly, hands-picked list of the best MCP servers to use in 2026, with notes on what each one does, who it is for, and when it actually helps.
A calm side by side look at the Claude Agent SDK and LangChain for production AI agents, written by someone who has shipped both.
Hooks let Claude Code run small commands before and after it does things. This guide explains what they are, how to set them up, and the few mistakes to avoid.
A short and friendly walk through of building a Model Context Protocol server in Node.js. Plain code, no jargon, and the small mistakes to watch for.
Learn what agentic RAG is, how it differs from traditional RAG, and how to build one with the Claude Agent SDK and pgvector. Step by step, with full code.
A side by side look at Claude Opus 4.7 and GPT-5 in 2026, with notes on coding, reasoning, long context, vision, agent work, speed, and price.