From Log Avalanche To Evidence Packet
Describe how a subagent protects the main Claude Code thread by doing noisy investigation in a separate context window.
What changed when the log investigation moved into a subagent? Before: raw logs swamp the main session. After: the worker returns only decision-grade evidence. Raw logs left the main conversation. This preserves room for the goal, constraints, code plan, and verification steps. The subagent had a narrow job: find repeated signatures, likely files, and the next command. Narrow jobs reduce wandering. The return changed from transcript to packet. A compact summary lets the lead session decide what to edit without carrying every line of evidence. Context isolation works only if the worker summarizes instead of dumping. subagent context management Moved…
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