local-subagent-delegation

name	local-subagent-delegation
description	Use when local Qwen/Copilot should delegate isolated research, review, or summarization to subagents without bloating parent context.
argument-hint	[subtask to delegate]

Local Subagent Delegation

Use subagents for context isolation, not for every task.

Procedure

1. Delegate only when isolation helps.
   • Good targets: codebase exploration, independent review, log inspection, alternative-plan comparison, focused documentation lookup.
   • Poor targets: tiny edits, single-file changes, anything where the subagent would need the full parent transcript.
   • Default to no delegation for short tasks.
2. Give the subagent a narrow contract.
   • Exact question.
   • Only the files, commands, or symptoms it needs.
   • Output format and length cap.
   • Whether editing is allowed (default: read-only).
3. Require a compact return format.
   • Paths, facts, risks, recommendation.
   • No raw logs, no full files, no long diffs.
   • Stop as soon as evidence is sufficient.
4. Synthesize in the parent context.
   • Treat the subagent result as a compressed evidence packet.
   • Re-open original files only when the summary is ambiguous or the change is high-risk.
   • Avoid nested subagents unless the user explicitly wants divide-and-conquer.
5. Hand off long sessions instead of growing them.
   • If the parent context is already large, prefer a session handoff over dispatching a subagent that has to re-read everything.

Output Contract

For each subagent result, preserve:

• Subtask name.
• Files or sources inspected.
• Findings in priority order.
• Recommendation.
• Confidence or uncertainty.

References

• Evidence and rationale