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2026-08-06 comparison claude-code ai-agents

Subtask vs Fork vs Background Agent in Claude Code: Which Delegation to Reach For

A named subagent starts cold, a fork inherits your whole conversation and shares your prompt cache, and a background agent is a second Claude Code session entirely. The trap is the naming: /fork stopped being the in-session fork at v2.1.212 and /subtask took over.

2026-07-22 claude-code ai-agents context-window

Fix: Claude Code Autocompact Thrashing on a Large File or Tool Output

Claude Code compacts, then a single oversized file read or tool result immediately refills the window and it compacts again. Drop the item with /clear, read files in slices, and force big output to disk.

2026-07-01 errors claude-code ai-agents

Fix: Claude Code High Memory Usage and Context Window Overflow

High memory usage and context overflow are two different problems in Claude Code. Raise the Node heap for RAM, use /context and /compact for the window, /heapdump to diagnose.