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# ctx.subagents

`SubagentService` — provided by `@deepseek-ai/dsh-subagent`.

Named provider registry and capability-checked start surface.

[Source](https://github.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/blob/master/packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts#L153)

### ctx.subagents.registerProvider(provider)

```ts website-api
/**
 * Register a provider under its name. Registration is effect-scoped and HMR
 * safe; removing a provider blocks new starts but does not revoke runs that
 * were already returned to their holders.
 * @param provider - the trusted provider implementation.
 * @returns the exact Cordis effect disposer.
 */
registerProvider(provider: SubagentProvider): () => void
```

Register a provider under its name. Registration is effect-scoped and HMR safe; removing a provider blocks new starts but does not revoke runs that were already returned to their holders.

- `provider` — the trusted provider implementation.

**Returns** the exact Cordis effect disposer.

[Source](https://github.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/blob/master/packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts#L167)

### ctx.subagents.getProvider(name)

```ts website-api
/**
 * Look up a provider by name.
 * @param name - the provider name.
 * @returns the provider, or undefined when absent.
 */
getProvider(name: string): SubagentProvider | undefined
```

Look up a provider by name.

- `name` — the provider name.

**Returns** the provider, or undefined when absent.

[Source](https://github.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/blob/master/packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts#L190)

### ctx.subagents.list()

```ts website-api
/**
 * List registered provider names in insertion order.
 * @returns the registered names.
 */
list(): string[]
```

List registered provider names in insertion order.

**Returns** the registered names.

[Source](https://github.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/blob/master/packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts#L198)

### ctx.subagents.start(name, request)

```ts website-api
/**
 * Establish a ready child on the named provider. Capability and semantic
 * checks run before delegation. Provider ownership lasts until its promise
 * fulfills; a rejection therefore has no run for the caller to dispose and
 * emits no run lifecycle events.
 * @param name - the provider to use.
 * @param request - child prompt, parent, signal, and optional capabilities.
 * @returns the ready holder-owned run.
 */
async start(name: string, request: SubagentStartRequest): Promise<SubagentRun>
```

Establish a ready child on the named provider. Capability and semantic checks run before delegation. Provider ownership lasts until its promise fulfills; a rejection therefore has no run for the caller to dispose and emits no run lifecycle events.

- `name` — the provider to use.
- `request` — child prompt, parent, signal, and optional capabilities.

**Returns** the ready holder-owned run.

[Source](https://github.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/blob/master/packages/subagent/subagent/src/index.ts#L211)