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Claude Code: Hooks, Subagents, and Skills — Complete Guide
Claude Code: Hooks, Subagents, and Skills — Complete Guide
Claude Code offers three extensibility layers: hooks for lifecycle automation, subagents for parallel task delegation, and skills for reusable prompt templates. This guide explains each mechanism, when to apply which, and how to combine them effectively.
What This Guide Covers
Hooks, subagents, and skills transform C...