# Claude Code agent teams explained

DevFeed: [Claude Code agent teams explained](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/claude-code-agent-teams-explained-18312.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.aiengineer.co/p/claude-code-agent-teams-explained>)

Author: Owain Lewis

Published: 2026-02-12T17:25:21Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The AI Engineer](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-ai-engineer.md>)

Topics: [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compiler.md>), [rust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rust.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains Claude Code's Agent Teams feature, in which independent Claude Code sessions have separate context windows, can communicate directly, and coordinate through a shared task list. It contrasts this with subagents and describes agent-to-agent review loops for longer-running work.

## Source excerpt

Surprising lessons from building an app with a team of agents