docs: explicit tool list for Plan subagent is missing
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
Skilltool available? (A read-only skill failed to execute in a Plan subagent) - Is
Bashavailable? - Is
AskUserQuestionavailable? - Is
TaskOutputavailable? - 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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