> A small task that cost 121,000 tokens done directly cost 513,000 tokens when fanned out to two subagents, because every subagent has its own bootstrap cost, and the parent then consumes its transcript.
Is that true? My understanding is that the subagent only returns the result of the request without the main agent consuming its entire transcript.
Is that true? My understanding is that the subagent only returns the result of the request without the main agent consuming its entire transcript.