[ SLANG ][ AGENT CULTURE ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]
A secondary AI agent spawned by a primary agent to handle a specific subtask, running independently before reporting its result back, rather than the primary agent doing everything itself in one long sequence.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Kicked off three subagents to research in parallel while I kept working on the main task."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard multi-agent architecture term that became everyday vocabulary once coding-agent tools started shipping built-in support for spawning and managing them directly in normal workflows.
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2025
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (AI Coding)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Gen Alpha Slang
Related To:Parallel AgentsAgent Loop
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CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SLANG ][ AGENT CULTURE ][ MACHINE CULTURE ]
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