Subagents

Source: https://kiro.dev/docs/cli/chat/subagents/

Specialized agents that autonomously execute complex tasks with their own context and tool access.

Key capabilities

• Autonomous execution with live progress tracking
• Core tool access: read, write, shell, code, MCP tools
• Parallel execution, result aggregation

Available tools in subagents

Available: read, write, shell, code, MCP tools

Not available: web_search, web_fetch, introspect, thinking, todo_list, use_aws, grep, glob

Configuring subagent access

Restrict available agents

{
  "toolsSettings": {
    "subagent": {
      "availableAgents": ["reviewer", "tester", "docs-*"]
    }
  }
}

Trust specific agents (no permission prompts)

{
  "toolsSettings": {
    "subagent": {
      "trustedAgents": ["reviewer", "tester"]
    }
  }
}

Glob patterns supported. Combine both for fine-grained control.