Spawn background subagents for parallel or long-running tasks. Use when you need research threads, context isolation, or detached execution.
How to install external-subagents?
obra/external-subagents
$npx -y skills add obra/external-subagents --skill external-subagentsInstalls into the current project.
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Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/obra/external-subagents" --skill "obra/external-subagents"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/obra/external-subagents" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/obra/external-subagents"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.
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