Agent Teams - Claude Code
Coordinate multiple Claude Code instances with a shared task list.
Agent Teams is the experimental multi-agent mode where several Claude Code instances work together with a shared task list and shared state.
What it does
A team has a lead (coordinator) and teammates (workers). The lead decomposes the job, assigns tasks, and synthesizes results. Teammates claim tasks, work in parallel, and communicate directly when needed. You see their work in panes if you like. It's designed for jobs that genuinely benefit from parallelism - audits, broad refactors, large research.
When to use it
- Tasks with many independent subtasks that can run in parallel.
- Codebase-wide audits or refactors.
- Research spanning many files or sources.
- Any time sequential delegation would waste wall-clock time.
Gotchas
- Agent Teams is experimental. Expect rough edges and breaking changes.
- More agents means more cost. Measure the speedup versus the bill.
- Coordination overhead can swamp the benefit on small jobs. Use for genuinely parallel work.
Official docs: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-teams.md
Technical content at the intersection of AI and development. Building with AI agents, Claude Code, and modern dev tools - then showing you exactly how it works.
Was this helpful?
Related Guides
Related Tools
Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding CLI. Runs in your terminal, edits files autonomously, spawns sub-agents, and maintains memory...
View Tool
Claude Agent SDK
Anthropic's SDK for building agents on the same tools, agent loop, and context management that power Claude Code. Python...
View ToolConductor
Mac app for running parallel Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor agents in isolated workspaces. Watch every agent work at onc...
View ToolAgentCanvas
A hosted infinite canvas your headless AI agents drive over MCP. Any MCP-speaking agent - Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or...
View ToolRelated Videos
Zed: The Open Source Agentic IDE - Use Claude Code, Codex & Gemini CLI in one place
Check out Zed here! https://zed.dev In this video, we dive into Zed, a robust open source code editor that has recently introduced the Agent Client Protocol. This new open standard allows...
Claude Code NEW Sub Agents in 7 Minutes
Leveraging Anthropic's Subagent for Claude Code: A Step-by-Step Guide In this video, we explore Anthropic's newly released subagent feature for Cloud Code, which allows developers to create...
Claude Code Just Killed After Effects
Create motion graphics and launch videos using natural language — no traditional video editor required. 🔗 Try Higgsfield Katana in Claude:** https://higgsfield.ai/s/katana-inside-claude-yt-developer...
Related Posts
Claude Fable 5.1 in Claude Code: How to Switch, Pin, and Pay Less
Claude Code v2.1.257 points /model fable at Fable 5.1: 1M context, $10/$50 per MTok, $0.25 cache reads. Setup, gotchas,...
Claude Design, Slides and Docs in Any Chat: How to Use Them
Claude Design, Slides and Docs now open in any Claude chat, Claude Code session or the Artifacts tab, on every plan. Exa...
Claude for Startups Offer Paused: What Founders Do Now
Claude for Startups paused its free Claude Team year and $1,000 API credit offer at capacity. What the program page says...
Claude Advisor Tool vs a Bigger Model: When the Pairing Pays
Anthropic's own runs: a Fable 5.1 advisor added 1.7 points to Opus 5.5 for 2.1x the cost. When the Claude advisor tool p...
Claude Code Retry Watchdog: Keep Unattended Runs Alive
CLAUDE_CODE_RETRY_WATCHDOG=1 makes Claude Code wait out 429 and 529 errors instead of failing after 10 retries. When to...
Claude Max API Credits: $100 a Month, What They Cover
Claude Max and Team plans now include a monthly Claude API credit, starting at $100 on Max 5x. What it covers, what it d...
