How to pronounce subagent

subagent is most commonly pronounced "sub ay jent" (/ˈsʌbˌeɪdʒənt/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.

Compound of "sub-" + "agent"; a specialized AI assistant that runs in its own context window, used heavily in Claude Code, the Claude Agent SDK, and agentic-coding tooling. STRESS: SUB-ay-jent — primary on "sub", "agent" keeps its /ˈeɪdʒənt/ ("ay-jent"); the "g" is soft (j), not hard. Spelled as one word in the official docs.

Source: Claude Code Docs — Create custom subagents

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