Superteam Subagent Driven Development

Subagent-Driven Development (SDD)

Overview

SDD uses specialized agents to implement and review code. Instead of doing everything yourself, you:

1. Plan the work (break into tasks)
2. Dispatch an implementer agent per task
3. Review with specialized reviewers
4. Fix and re-review until quality passes

Workflow

1. Create a Plan

Write a plan with clear, independent tasks. Use the superteam-tasks format:

```superteam-tasks
- title: Create user model
  description: Define User type with validation
  files: [src/models/user.ts, src/models/user.test.ts]
- title: Add authentication
  description: JWT-based auth with login/logout
  files: [src/auth.ts, src/auth.test.ts]
```

Each task should be:

• Independent — can be implemented without other tasks
• Testable — has clear success criteria
• Small — completable in one agent session

2. Load and Run

/sdd load plan.md     — Load the plan
/sdd run              — Run SDD for current task
/sdd status           — Check progress
/sdd next             — Skip to next task

3. Review Cycle

For each task, the SDD orchestrator:

1. Dispatches implementer (with TDD enforcement)
2. Runs spec review (does code match spec?)
3. Runs quality review (is code well-written?)
4. Optionally runs security and performance reviews in parallel
5. On failure: re-dispatches implementer with specific findings
6. On max retries: escalates to you

4. Available Agents

5. Direct Team Use

You can also use the team tool directly without SDD:

"Dispatch scout to find all database access patterns"
"Run security-reviewer and performance-reviewer in parallel on src/auth/"
"Chain: scout finds the code, then architect reviews the structure"

Best Practices

• Small tasks — each task should touch 1-3 files
• Clear specs — reviewers need to know what to check against
• Don't skip reviews — they catch real bugs
• Fix, don't argue — when a reviewer finds an issue, fix it
• Monitor costs — use /team to check session cost

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