docs: explicit tool list for Plan subagent is missing

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Feb 8, 2026 by deeepanshu Closed Feb 8, 2026

Problem

The subagents documentation describes the Plan subagent's tool access as:

Tools: Read-only tools (denied access to Write and Edit tools)

This is ambiguous. It's unclear exactly which tools are available to the Plan subagent. Specifically:

  • Is the Skill tool available? (A read-only skill failed to execute in a Plan subagent)
  • Is Bash available?
  • Is AskUserQuestion available?
  • Is TaskOutput available?
  • Are MCP tools available?

The Explore and general-purpose subagents have the same ambiguity, though general-purpose says "All tools" which is clearer.

Expected

An explicit, enumerated list of tools available to each built-in subagent (Plan, Explore, general-purpose, Bash, etc.), similar to how custom subagent docs show the tools field accepting specific tool names.

Context

Tried to invoke a skill (containing only read instructions) from a Plan subagent — it did not execute. Without a clear tool list, it's impossible to know if this is expected behavior or a bug.

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