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## What are sub-agents?
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Think of sub-agents as "specialists" that the main Gemini agent can hire for a
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specific job.
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Sub-agents are "specialists" that the main Gemini agent can hire for a specific
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job.
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- **Focused context:** Each sub-agent has its own system prompt and persona.
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- **Specialized tools:** Sub-agents can have a restricted or specialized set of
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tools.
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- **Independent context window:** Interactions with a sub-agent happen in a
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separate context loop. The main agent only sees the final result, saving
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tokens in your main conversation history.
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separate context loop, which saves tokens in your main conversation history.
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Sub-agents are exposed to the main agent as a tool of the same name which
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delegates to the sub-agent, when called. Once the sub-agent completes its task
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(or fails), it reports back to the main agent with its findings (usually as a
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text summary or structured report returned by the tool).
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Sub-agents are exposed to the main agent as a tool of the same name. When the
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main agent calls the tool, it delegates the task to the sub-agent. Once the
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sub-agent completes its task, it reports back to the main agent with its
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findings.
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## Built-in sub-agents
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Gemini CLI comes with powerful built-in sub-agents.
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Gemini CLI comes with the following built-in sub-agents:
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### Codebase Investigator
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- **Name:** `codebase_investigator`
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- **Purpose:** Deep analysis of the codebase, reverse engineering, and
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understanding complex dependencies.
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- **Purpose:** Analyze the codebase, reverse engineer, and understand complex
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dependencies.
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- **When to use:** "How does the authentication system work?", "Map out the
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dependencies of the `AgentRegistry` class."
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- **Configuration:** Enabled by default. You can configure it in
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### CLI Help Agent
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- **Name:** `cli_help`
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- **Purpose:** Expert knowledge about Gemini CLI itself, its commands,
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- **Purpose:** Get expert knowledge about Gemini CLI itself, its commands,
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configuration, and documentation.
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- **When to use:** "How do I configure a proxy?", "What does the `/rewind`
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command do?"
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- **Configuration:** Enabled by default.
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### Generalist Agent
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- **Name:** `generalist_agent`
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- **Purpose:** Route tasks to the appropriate specialized sub-agent.
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- **When to use:** Implicitly used by the main agent for routing. Not directly
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invoked by the user.
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- **Configuration:** Enabled by default. No specific configuration options.
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## Creating custom sub-agents
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You can create your own sub-agents to automate specific workflows or enforce
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specific personas.
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### Prerequisites
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To use custom sub-agents, you must enable them in your `settings.json`:
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specific personas. To use custom sub-agents, you must enable them in your
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`settings.json`:
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```json
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{
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@@ -123,10 +127,10 @@ vulnerabilities.
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Focus on:
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1. SQL Injection
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2. XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
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3. Hardcoded credentials
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4. Unsafe file operations
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1. SQL Injection
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2. XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
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3. Hardcoded credentials
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4. Unsafe file operations
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When you find a vulnerability, explain it clearly and suggest a fix. Do not fix
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it yourself; just report it.
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@@ -147,17 +151,16 @@ it yourself; just report it.
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### Optimizing your sub-agent
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The main agent system prompt contains language that encourages use of an expert
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sub-agent when one is available for the task at hand. It decides whether an
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agent is a relevant expert based on the agent's description. You can improve the
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reliability with which an agent is used by updating the description to more
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clearly indicate:
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The main agent's system prompt encourages it to use an expert sub-agent when one
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is available. It decides whether an agent is a relevant expert based on the
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agent's description. You can improve the reliability with which an agent is used
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by updating the description to more clearly indicate:
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- Its area of expertise.
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- When it should be used.
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- Some example scenarios.
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For example: the following sub-agent description should be called fairly
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For example, the following sub-agent description should be called fairly
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consistently for Git operations.
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> Git expert agent which should be used for all local and remote git operations.
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@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ that your sub-agent was called with a specific prompt and the given description.
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## Remote subagents (Agent2Agent) (experimental)
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Gemini CLI can also delegate tasks to remote subagents using the Agent-to-Agent
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Gemini CLI can also delegate tasks to remote sub-agents using the Agent-to-Agent
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(A2A) protocol.
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> **Note: Remote subagents are currently an experimental feature.**
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