Multi-agent & Sub-agents in OpenClaw

From the OpenClaw cheat sheet · Sub-agents · verified Jul 2026

Multi-agent & Sub-agents

Spawn child agents, steer them, and configure multi-agent routing.

bash

# In chat — the agent spawns sub-agents automatically for complex tasks
# You can also manage them with slash commands:

/subagents list              List running sub-agents
/subagents spawn             Spawn a new sub-agent
/steer <id> "focus on X"    Redirect a running sub-agent
/kill <id>                   Kill a specific sub-agent
/kill all                    Kill all sub-agents
/agents                      List thread-bound agents

💡 Sub-agents run in parallel — the main agent can delegate research, coding, etc. to child agents

⚡ /steer redirects a running sub-agent without killing it — saves context and progress

📌 Each named agent (openclaw agents add) has its own workspace, SOUL.md, and memory

🟢 Use allowAgents: ["*"] to let the agent spawn any sub-agent, or restrict to specific names

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