SubagentStart (Claude Code)
hook-surface:claude.subagent-start
HookSurfacechannels-hooks/hook-surfaces/native/claude-code-extended-hooks.yaml·Open in Graph → {
"id": "hook-surface:claude.subagent-start",
"_kind": "HookSurface",
"_file": "channels-hooks/hook-surfaces/native/claude-code-extended-hooks.yaml",
"_cluster": "channels-hooks",
"attributes": {
"eventName": "SubagentStart (Claude Code)",
"displayName": "SubagentStart (Claude Code)",
"kind": "native",
"originVendor": "Anthropic",
"direction": "pre",
"blocking": false,
"family": "observer",
"payloadSchema": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"hook_event_name",
"agent_type",
"agent_id",
"prompt"
],
"properties": {
"hook_event_name": {
"type": "string",
"const": "SubagentStart"
},
"agent_type": {
"type": "string"
},
"agent_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"prompt": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"description": "Fires when a subagent is spawned. Output limited to additionalContext\nvisible only to the user (not the subagent or parent). Used for UI\nindicators / telemetry. Matchable by agent_type.\n"
},
"outgoingEdges": [],
"incomingEdges": [
{
"from": "agent-core-impl:claude-code.core@1.x",
"to": "hook-surface:claude.subagent-start",
"kind": "fires_hook",
"attributes": {}
},
{
"from": "agent-runtime-impl:claude-code.runtime@1.x",
"to": "hook-surface:claude.subagent-start",
"kind": "exposes",
"attributes": {}
}
]
}