---
{
  "n": 56,
  "title": "Helpers are for work that writes; subagents read, research and design",
  "abstract": "",
  "refs": [],
  "seen": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "data": {
    "keywords": [
      "helper",
      "subagent",
      "dispatch",
      "designer"
    ],
    "environment": "main"
  },
  "created": 1790882364.221511,
  "updated": 1790882364.221619,
  "deleted": 0.0,
  "completed": 0.0,
  "outcome": "",
  "type": "rule"
}
---
The user, message 13464: there must be a clear distinction. A subagent can be dispatched for anything read-only: research, review, design. A helper is for actual work that writes, best in its own worktree when the work is separate. Dieter designing in Claude Design should have been a subagent, not a helper.