Follow background subagents

When a task can be split, Kora spawns background subagents — separate assistant workers that run in parallel while the main conversation continues. Each one appears as a chip in the chat transcript and streams its work to a dedicated panel you can open at any time.

Where subagents appear

Background subagents are started by Kora itself while working on your task, usually to explore code or prepare material in parallel. Each chip in the transcript groups one or more subagents and shows their live state:

Status	Meaning
Pending	Queued, not started yet
Running	Working now — spinner on the chip
Completed	Finished; result delivered to the session
Failed	Ended with an error

Follow the live stream

Select the open action on a chip to open the subagent stream panel: a dedicated workspace panel that renders the subagent output as it is produced, with markdown formatting. The panel keeps updating until the subagent completes; close it any time and reopen it from the same chip.

What happens to the results

When a subagent completes, its result is delivered back into the parent session as part of the conversation — you do not need to copy anything manually. The main task continues using that result on its next step.

Subagents are isolated: they do not interrupt the running turn, and their lifecycle is independent from the composer. Stopping the main task does not restart completed subagents.

Troubleshooting

• A chip stays on “Running” for a long time → the subagent is still working; open the stream panel to see its live output before stopping anything.
• The stream panel is empty or closed → reopen it from the chip; the panel shows output from the moment it is opened, not the full history.
• No result appeared in the conversation → the subagent may have failed; the chip shows a warning triangle when a subagent ends with an error.