Three Claude Code subagent files, three models in frontmatter: what each launch cost, and the field the validator waved through

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Each file pins a model and an effort level in its YAML frontmatter. When you omit it, Claude Code picks the model in the subagent model order. " effort: "Effort level when this subagent is active. We reran two agents with the parent forced down: claude -p --effort low ... # parent transcript: effort low, perTurnEffort low Under that parent, the pre-ship reviewer's first request still recorded effort: high and the independent reviewer's still recorded effort: xhigh.

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