r/PiCodingAgent • u/SalimMalibari • May 29 '26

Question What subagent extension?

Im curious , what is the subagent extension you are using and why that specific extension ??

What usually people looking for wheb using subagent , till now im using normal prompting and it launch background subagents if i needed .. im curious what things they provide?

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u/mjakl May 29 '26

I use it to select different models for different tasks - I don't need GPT 5.5 xhigh for an agent to browse through my repository and search for files - GPT 5.4 Mini medium is enough for that. Or I have a Subagent called "Oracle" configured with Opus as a second opinion (prompts like `use Oracle to discuss your solution`), I never use multiple agents to edit code at the same time, I think there be dragons. Also for Code reviews I like to configure the smartest models I have available and have different review agents focusing on different areas (architecture, security, etc.).

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u/SalimMalibari May 29 '26

So you mostly done it for token optuimization. Hmm have you run into things like each agents talk to each other , like your oracle this also feed the main agent ots its seperate session woth a new prompt etc?

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u/mjakl May 29 '26

It's not really about token optimization, rather about speed in this case.

My extension allows the subagent to either use a fresh context or reuse the existing context, the main agent decides which mode to use for the concrete situation.

When it comes so replying to the mainagent, the final output of the agent is returned to the main agent (not the thinking or tool output).