cavecrew

Reduce main-context token consumption by routing codebase navigation and surgical edits to compressed subagents that return path-anchored, tool-injected outputs. This prevents large file contents from bloating your main context window during investigation.

Delegate small multi-file edits to a builder subagent designed for changes within a strict scope of two files or fewer. It performs surgical edits and verifies modifications while returning compressed, structured outputs to the main thread.

Perform findings-based diff review by routing the audit task to a reviewer subagent. It returns severity-sorted findings without loading full file contents into the main context, ensuring structured, grep-safe outputs.

Use subagent delegation for locating symbols, discovering what calls a function, or auditing diffs to save context tokens. Rely on inline work or vanilla alternatives for tasks outside these specific investigation, build, or review scopes.

Compressed subagents are intended for investigations, findings-based reviews, and surgical edits of two files or fewer. Tasks requiring broader multi-file modifications should be handled inline or with alternative delegation methods to avoid strict scope limitations.

Code investigation subagents return path and line-anchored listings that are grep-safe and structured for predictable reuse. These compressed outputs ensure the main thread receives exact symbol locations without consuming unnecessary context tokens.