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Create specialized AI subagents for task-specific workflows and context management.

# Subagents Subagents are specialized AI assistants that Cursor's agent can delegate tasks to. Each subagent operates in its own context window, handles specific types of work, and returns its result to the parent agent. Use subagents to break down complex tasks, do work in parallel, and preserve context in the main conversation. You can use subagents in the editor, CLI, and [Cloud Agents](https://cursor.com/docs/cloud-agent.md). ### Context isolation Each subagent has its own context window. Long research or exploration tasks don't consume space in your main conversation. ### Parallel executi

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