Claude Code subagents receive CLAUDE.md—but not the conversation or read files

When you delegate a task to a Claude Code subagent, it receives the full hierarchy of CLAUDE.md and the git status, but it does not receive the conversation history or the files read by the parent.

I analyzed 559 CLAUDE.md files and found that 63% of the rules weren't even 'instructions'

IntroductionMy own CLAUDE.md has 13 items just under the heading "Absolute Compliance Rules." I went out of my way to move ...