Claude Subagents And Skills

Last verified: 2026-05

Use this when: a generated project will use Claude Code skills, hooks, subagents, or agent teams.

Quick Answer

Start with one Claude session and CLAUDE.md. Add skills for repeatable workflows and subagents for focused review/research/test tasks. Use agent teams only for large tasks with separate ownership.

Checklist

• [ ] CLAUDE.md points to AGENTS.md and agent_docs/.
• [ ] Repeated workflows live in .claude/skills/*/SKILL.md.
• [ ] Repeated roles live in .claude/agents/*.md.
• [ ] Shared permissions/hooks live in .claude/settings.json.
• [ ] Shell, write, network, MCP, production, billing, and destructive tools stay ask-first unless explicitly approved.
• [ ] Subagents have narrow scope and do not edit overlapping files.

Example

Read AGENTS.md and agent_docs/testing.md.
Review only the auth diff. Return prioritized findings with file/line references.
Do not edit files.

Links

• Claude Code subagents
• Claude Code skills
• Claude Code hooks
• Claude Code permission modes