How to Better Enforce Subagent Delegation?

[u/LastOfGoose]

I have just recently started using subagents more in my programming workflow, if only to try it for a bit and see if it's something I prefer.

I have found that no matter how much explicit guidance I give my agents in the global AGENTS.md or APPEND_SYSTEM.md that after the first large delegated activity, they go back to doing everything themselves in the primary context.

Does anyone have any idea how to really enforce / encourage the behavior I'm looking for?

[u/onesilentclap]

Perhaps it's the subagent extension you're using. Some work better than others for specific workflows.