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Introduction to subagents

Anthropic · on Anthropic Academy

FreeintermediateSelf-paced

Covers how subagents work in Claude Code, creating custom ones with the /agents command, designing them with structured output, obstacle reporting and limited tool access, and the anti-patterns to avoid. For Claude Code users running longer sessions who want to delegate work and keep the main context window clean.

Who it's for

Aspiring builders, career switchers and working developers. This is an intermediate course in Coding with AI, running about 4 lessons, self-paced.

Cost at a glance

Free. Free with a Skilljar account; the course page does not list a certificate of completion. Price seen 2026-11-01.

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