305 - Subagents explained - What they are, when (not) to spawn them
Subagents are becoming a core primitive for serious AI-assisted development. In this episode, Kaushik and Iury disambiguate "agent" terminology, unpack plan mode vs subagents, and explain how parallel, scoped workers improve research quality without polluting the main thread. Full shownotes at https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/305
Fragmented - AI Developer Podcast · Kaushik Gopal, Iury Souza
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Subagents are becoming a core primitive for serious AI-assisted development. In this episode, Kaushik and Iury disambiguate "agent" terminology, unpack plan mode vs subagents, and explain how parallel, scoped workers improve research quality without polluting the main thread.
Full shownotes at fragmentedpodcast.com.
Show Notes
Resources & Documentation
Official Documentation
Agents, Modes, Subagents: official harness docs
- Claude Code Subagents
- Gemini CLI Subagents
- Opencode Subagents
- Cursor Subagents
- Antigravity Agent Modes
- AOE Scouting
Research Papers & Articles
- Introducing Claude Opus 4.5
- Deep-Research Agents Paper
- Post: GPT-5 System Card by Alex
Xu - Self-Driving Codebases Blog -
multi-agent systems making 1,000 commits/hour
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