Discussing Sub-Agents and Reasoning Mode Costs
reach_vb · x · 2026-07-12
The post discusses practical behaviors within a coding/agent workflow:
- It is pointed out that GPT 5.6 Sol only uses subagents in Ultra mode, unless explicitly prompted in other modes.
- It suggests testing medium / high / xhigh based on different experiments and workflows to observe the required reasoning effort.
- Another reply mentions that excessive triggering of subagents in certain "code-fixing" loops can incur unnecessary costs. It advises considering a switch back to a token-based approach and trying to write guidance into skill or subagent configurations to limit reasoning intensity.
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