Summary-Only Subagent Return Model
- Entity ID:
ent-20260423-p2a024000001 - Type:
concept - Scope:
private - Status:
active
Description
Only a subagent's final response text and metadata return to the parent conversation context; full subagent history never enters the parent's context window. Deliberate context-conservation choice that avoids the context explosion risk of conversation-based frameworks sharing full transcript histories.
Key claims
- Subagents return summaries only, not full histories
- Agent teams cost approximately 7x a standard session
- Subagent sidechain transcripts live at sessionStorage.ts:247
Relations
- Summary-Only Subagent Return Model --[implements]--> Sub-Agent Context Isolation Property
- ~7x Token Cost of Agent Teams --[motivates]--> Summary-Only Subagent Return Model
- Subagent Sidechain Transcripts (sessionStorage.ts:247) --[implements]--> Summary-Only Subagent Return Model