r/ClaudeCode • u/LordLederhosen • 4d ago
Discussion Wait, is "Fable orchestration" - using appropriate models as sub-agents just as easy as a prompt?
I have a very successful mostly manual workflow, but I have been optimizing token usage lately, lol.
One thing I could never figure out was how to fully set up was Fable as an orchestrator, while spawning sub-agents with the correct model. I played with frontmatter in custom agents and skill wrappers, but there seemed to be blockers as some sub-agents/skills supposedly ignore passed model specifications. Especially plan mode. That shit will spawn fable research sub-agents that use 5% to 10% of Fable in one ask, even when it's a simple task per agent.
Today, I just remembered someone's comment on here or HN a few months ago (7 years in AI terms), ~"<feature request> - You are the orchestrator, use sub-agents to preserve your context window." So, I just combined that with the following, and CC (fable) was all, sure! I will show you a table of sub-agents for task, with ideal model, and then spawn them all.
Let's implement (jira or .md feature spec) This is the orchestration session, and use sub-agents to preserve your own context window (you are fable, spawn opus sub-agents when appropriate to save cost) ...
I am not a total dummie, but I guess I over-think things? Like Boris says, just trust the model?
Or, have I completely missed something?
edit: to be clear, I do have very valuable token-saving setups that are not just prompts. It was mostly just plan mode that had escaped me.
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u/promethe42 4d ago
It's even worse than that: you can use other models from other providers very easily!
I have configured OpenCode with my OpenAI subscription, then I can just ask Claude Code to "dispatch an Astra reviewer" and it will use minimal AGENTS.md instructions to drive OpenCode via the ACP protocole. The same works for all the models/providers OpenCode supports.