Add flag or Env to disable subagent #55

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1. Blankeos commented on Oct 3, 2026

   

   Blankeos

   on Oct 3, 2026

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   This is already supported through the existing OpenCode-compatible permissions config, so a separate flag/environment variable is not needed. Add permission at the top level of your project crabcode.jsonc (or add task to your existing permission object):

   {
     "permission": {
       "task": "deny"
     }
   }

   This prevents automatic subagent delegation: the Task tool is excluded from the model’s available tools, and configured-deny rules reject attempted Task calls before execution. Verified on current main with JSONC loading, tool filtering, and permission-preflight tests; the same parsing/filtering/deny implementation is also present in the v0.0.13 release source.

   As in OpenCode, explicit manual @agent invocation remains available. Per-agent permission overrides take precedence over global rules, so remove any explicit per-agent Task allow rule if you want all primary agents to stop delegating automatically.

   We are closing the proposed flag/env PR #61 as unnecessary in favor of this existing configuration interface. If this config does not stop automatic delegation in your installed version, please share your Crabcode version and relevant permission/agent config so we can investigate.