[BUG] my Claude code primary subagent have problems with delegating to other sub agents

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Oct 12, 2025 by swayz032 Closed Jan 9, 2026

Preflight Checklist

  • [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
  • [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
  • [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

my Claude code primary agent says it cant use the task tool to launch the other subagents to assign and delegate work but i was using the task tool the whole session and the primary agent has access to all of the tools and

<img width="1483" height="762" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b4475e99-f50b-475e-bbe1-2ef818a3e560" />

<img width="1483" height="762" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/164a4a41-4514-49ed-8ed3-17879943d20b" />

<img width="1483" height="762" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6dc1b1b-53f9-482a-b9a0-4339884564fb" />

tools. the only problem it has is launching other agents and that's the primary role as a primary agent to launch other agents and assign tasks

What Should Happen?

Claude show make a feature that setup a primary agent then you can select who will the primary agent control basically it needs to be more features for Claude code sub agents and better collaboration between the agents. more users would be able to get more work done.

Error Messages/Logs

no error message

Steps to Reproduce

no steps

Claude Model

Opus

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.0.14

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

Windows Terminal

Additional Information

_No response_

View original on GitHub ↗

This issue has 3 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗