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Shorten Your Claude Helper Agent Descriptions

How custom helper agents use up room in Claude's context, the 15,000-token warning, a prompt that trims every description, and what it costs you

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Every custom helper agent (a subagent) you make has a description, and Claude reads those descriptions to decide which helper to call. They take up room in Claude's context. If you have a lot of helpers with long descriptions, that room adds up.

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