[DOCS] Agent Teams: graceful shutdown

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Activity 0 comments · opened Oct 15, 2026

Documentation Type

Incorrect/outdated documentation

Documentation Location

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-teams#shut-down-teammates

Section/Topic

Agent Teams

Current Documentation

The docs say:

To gracefully end a teammate’s session, refer to it by name. For example, with a teammate named researcher:

Ask the researcher teammate to shut down
The lead sends a shutdown request. The teammate can approve, exiting gracefully, or reject with an explanation.

What's Wrong or Missing?

First of all, the agents often reply that they cannot shutdown themselves.
I always use the TaskStop tool instead in my skills.

Also, the simple example from the docs causes this:

<img width="1341" height="317" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/d517bd61-6c8f-42cc-bc30-f54064eb95ba" />

Suggested Improvement

Probably it must be fixed in the code, not in the docs.

Impact

Medium - Makes feature difficult to understand

Additional Context

_No response_

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