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Product feature · runtime

Subagent resultsCommon product term

Return a child agent's findings or work to the parent.

Terminology basis: Common product term. xAI — Grok Bot messaging and collaboration

Subagent results: 8 supported, 0 partial, 0 unsupported, 23 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.

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Current evidence by product

Can my agent use Subagent results?

Read across for the answer. 8 of 31 current product columns have reviewed evidence; unreviewed does not mean unsupported.

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  • Supported8
  • Partial0
  • Unsupported0
  • Unknown23
  • Not applicable0

Web

9 products

Desktop

13 products

CLI

9 products

Unknown means no public evidence has been reviewed for that product and capability. It does not mean unsupported.

How statuses are assigned

Definition and scope

What this capability means

This row asks what a child agent returns to its parent. A plain text summary counts as a result; files, patches, citations, status, tool output, and structured objects are additional result forms recorded as qualifiers.

Evidence should identify documented result types, size limits, streaming versus final delivery, partial results after cancellation, error representation, and whether created files remain available outside the child’s workspace. A typed result envelope is not required for support.

Traceable compatibility

Assertion ledger

Documentation evidence only. No runtime conformance test is implied.

ChatGPTweb · current
Supported
Target
2026-08-28 ChatGPT Work web documentation observation · hosted-observation
Environment
hosted-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtimeactivity, results, and child threads are inspectable and consolidated into the response, but no typed artifact, citation, diff, status, or error schema is documented
Evidence
ChatGPTdesktop · current
Supported
Target
current ChatGPT desktop documentation · dated-documentation
Environment
local-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtimechild threads and summaries remain inspectable, but no typed artifact, citation, diff, status, or error schema is documented
Evidence
Codex CLIcli · current
Supported
Target
current Codex CLI documentation · dated-documentation
Environment
local-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtime/agent exposes child threads and the parent collects results, but no typed artifact, citation, diff, status, or error schema is documented
Evidence
Gemini CLIcli · current
Supported
Target
current Gemini CLI documentation · dated-documentation
Environment
local-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtimefindings return to the parent, but no typed artifact, citation, diff, status, or error schema is documented
Evidence
Cursordesktop · current
Supported
Target
current Cursor subagent documentation · dated-documentation
Environment
local-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtimea final message and child branch changes remain available, but no typed artifact, citation, status, or error schema is documented
Evidence
Copilot Chatdesktop · current
Supported
Target
current VS Code subagent documentation · dated-documentation
Environment
local-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtimethe parent receives a final result and the operator can inspect the child trace, but no typed artifact, citation, diff, status, or error schema is documented
Evidence
Claude CLIcli · current
Supported
Target
current Claude Code subagent documentation · dated-documentation
Environment
local-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtimethe parent receives a prose summary and can observe child file changes, but no typed result schema for citations, artifact identities, status, or errors is documented
Evidence
Grok Botdesktop · current
Supported
Target
2026-08-28 Grok Bot desktop documentation observation · hosted-observation
Environment
hosted-default
Observed
2026-08-28
  • runtimevisible asynchronous messages and shared files preserve useful handoff context, but Bot-to-group handoff messages are text-only and no typed result schema is documented
  • policyshared files live on one account-scoped computer and do not create an isolated provenance boundary
Evidence
  1. 1. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Grok Bots can hand work to one another through visible asynchronous messages and shared files. Bot-to-group handoff messages are text-only, while images can be sent directly to another Bot; the docs do not define a typed result envelope for status, citations, or errors.
  2. 2. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude Code subagents report a final summary to the parent conversation and can preserve file edits in the shared workspace or an isolated worktree. The docs do not define a typed result envelope for citations, status, artifacts, or errors.
  3. 3. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: ChatGPT Work and Codex collect child results into the parent response and preserve inspectable child threads, but the reviewed documentation does not define a typed citation, artifact, diff, or error envelope.
  4. 4. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI subagents report findings back to the main agent after completing an isolated context loop; no typed result envelope is defined on the reviewed page.
  5. 5. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor subagents return a final message to the parent and can leave work on shared or isolated branches; the reviewed page does not define typed result provenance.
  6. 6. Evidence checked 2026-08-28: VS Code returns only a child's final result to the parent while retaining the prompt, full tool trace, and returned result in an inspectable read-only child chat; no typed result envelope is documented.