docs(subagent): ground depth default in consumers

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Tianyi Cui
2026-07-20 18:12:31 +08:00
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The depth limit bounds recursive delegation independently of tool visibility. A
The effective parent depth is the greater of durable `SessionHeader.delegationDepth` and runtime `AgentOptions.subagentDepth`. An in-process child records its derived depth in the session header, and resume restores that header, so a restart cannot lower the recursion count.
Every public entry validates the domain rather than relying on one model-facing configuration path. Negative values, fractions, negative zero, non-finite values, unsafe integers, malformed stored parent depth, and derived overflow all reject. A direct `SubagentStartRequest` may omit the cap to leave depth unbounded; loader-resolved `dsh-tool-subagent` configuration instead defaults to `3`, accepts a numeric override, and uses explicit `'provider-managed'` to omit the cap for an out-of-process provider whose deployment owns its recursion budget. Three is a small finite default that still permits a root plus three descendant generations; deployments with shallower workflows set a lower value, and the shipped interactive examples pin one. A numeric tool cap fails at provider mount when the provider lacks `depthLimit`.
Every public entry validates the domain rather than relying on one model-facing configuration path. Negative values, fractions, negative zero, non-finite values, unsafe integers, malformed stored parent depth, and derived overflow all reject. A direct `SubagentStartRequest` may omit the cap to leave depth unbounded; loader-resolved `dsh-tool-subagent` configuration instead defaults to `3`, accepts a numeric override, and uses explicit `'provider-managed'` to omit the cap for an out-of-process provider whose deployment owns its recursion budget. Three is a small finite default that still permits a root plus three descendant generations: the [SDK helper's generated subagent entries](../../../../packages/sdk/helper/src/features/builtin/index.ts) and [JSON-RPC example](../../../../examples/jsonrpc-agent/cordis.yml) use that general policy, while the shipped interactive ACP, headless, and REPL examples pin one. A numeric tool cap fails at provider mount when the provider lacks `depthLimit`.
A deployment can combine depth and filtering, but the numeric cap does not synthesize a filter. The delegation tool stays visible at the cap because authorization may depend on runtime state; every attempted start checks the calling agent's current durable and runtime depth, and a rejected start returns an errored tool result without publishing a child. A deployment may separately deny delegation tools in children when its visibility policy is static. Neither choice changes the provider's conversation-history behavior.