rizz.dev
homeaboutblogcontactGitHub
  1. Home
  2. /
  3. Glossary
  4. /
  5. verifier subagent
Glossary · term197 of 202

verifier subagent

A subagent run in a fresh context whose only job is to check another agent's output, rather than doing the original work itself.

also written as verification subagent · verifier subagents

Related terms
execution subagentA subagent given a narrow task with a fixed output shape and a written boundary, as opposed to open-ended reasoning or planning work. Its job is to follow the spec, not to expand scope.view term->self-critiqueA model reviewing and correcting its own output in the same context, as opposed to a separate fresh-context subagent checking the work.view term->
At a glance
cited by
1 post
categories
1
first used
jul 2026
Appears in
  • Why expensive models make terrible execution subagentsSubagent model selection has one costly default. Reasoning models obey their own traces 15.6% of the time, so here is where to pin model and effort.opinion1 min
previousused_percentnextwindow re-anchoring