From c42a13281078e5ccd6ca9e900c11b5f5b7794fe6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Vigilante Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:19:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: disambiguate the two sub-agent glossary terms Normalize both entries to the hyphenated "sub-agent" spelling used elsewhere in the docs, split them into "Sub-agent (Coder Agents)" and "Sub-agent (dev containers)", add mutual "Not to be confused with" cross-references, and note that the dev container sub-agent is a Coder term, not part of the Development Container Specification. --- docs/reference/glossary.md | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/glossary.md b/docs/reference/glossary.md index 9e6ee2bdd4..6f0320c551 100644 --- a/docs/reference/glossary.md +++ b/docs/reference/glossary.md @@ -489,16 +489,19 @@ Refer to [OIDC authentication](../admin/users/oidc-auth/index.md). A curated example template that ships with Coder for a common platform, such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, or Azure. Refer to [Create templates](../admin/templates/creating-templates.md). -### Sub-agent - -A nested agent for a dev container that runs inside a parent workspace agent. -Refer to [Dev containers](../admin/templates/extending-templates/devcontainers.md). - -### Subagent +### Sub-agent (Coder Agents) A delegated child chat that a parent Coder Agents chat spawns to perform a sub-task, with its own tool allowlist. +Not to be confused with a [dev container sub-agent](#sub-agent-dev-containers). Refer to [Coder Agents architecture](../ai-coder/agents/architecture.md). +### Sub-agent (dev containers) + +The nested workspace agent that Coder runs for a dev container inside a parent workspace, so you can connect to the dev container directly. +This is a Coder term, not part of the Development Container Specification. +Not to be confused with a [Coder Agents sub-agent](#sub-agent-coder-agents). +Refer to [Dev containers](../admin/integrations/devcontainers/integration.md). + ### Subdomain apps Wildcard-hosted URLs that expose a workspace's HTTP services on their own subdomain.