Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add commands/try-works/recursive-mode/recursive-subagent-actiongit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/try-works/recursive-modeWhat it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00000 | $0.01010 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00505 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00000 | $0.00202 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00000 | $0.00101 |
Grade A, and why
recursive-subagent-action scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 35 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
recursive-subagent-action (prompt template)
Paste this into chat if your agent does not support custom slash commands.
Usage Pattern
Record a subagent action for run <run-id> phase <phase> so the controller can verify it against real files and recursive artifacts.
Script (Recommended)
python "<SKILL_DIR>/scripts/recursive-subagent-action.py" --repo-root . --run-id "<run-id>" --subagent-id reviewer-01 --phase "03.5 Code Review" --purpose "Delegated code review" --execution-mode review --artifact-path "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/03-implementation-summary.md" --review-bundle "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/review-bundles/code-review.md" --router-used "recursive-router" --routed-role "code-reviewer" --routed-cli "codex" --routed-model "gpt-5.4" --routing-config-path ".recursive/config/recursive-router.json" --routing-discovery-path ".recursive/config/recursive-router-discovered.json" --prompt-bundle-path ".recursive/run/<run-id>/router-prompts/code-reviewer-bundle.md" --invocation-exit-code "0" --output-capture-path ".recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/router/code-reviewer-output.md" --action-taken "Reviewed the implementation summary, review bundle, and changed files for requirement and diff alignment." --reviewed-file "src/app.py" --artifact-read "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/02-to-be-plan.md" --artifact-read "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/03-implementation-summary.md" --evidence-used "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/router/code-reviewer-output.md" --evidence-used "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/logs/green/final.log" --finding "No blocking issues remained after verifying the repaired diff." --verification-path "src/app.py" --verification-path "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/review-bundles/code-review.md" --verification-item "Inspect these paths first during controller acceptance."
pwsh -NoProfile -File "<SKILL_DIR>/scripts/recursive-subagent-action.ps1" -RepoRoot . -RunId "<run-id>" -SubagentId reviewer-01 -Phase "03.5 Code Review" -Purpose "Delegated code review" -ExecutionMode review -ArtifactPath "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/03-implementation-summary.md" -ReviewBundle "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/review-bundles/code-review.md" -RouterUsed "recursive-router" -RoutedRole "code-reviewer" -RoutedCli "codex" -RoutedModel "gpt-5.4" -RoutingConfigPath ".recursive/config/recursive-router.json" -RoutingDiscoveryPath ".recursive/config/recursive-router-discovered.json" -PromptBundlePath ".recursive/run/<run-id>/router-prompts/code-reviewer-bundle.md" -InvocationExitCode "0" -OutputCapturePath ".recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/router/code-reviewer-output.md" -ActionTaken "Reviewed the implementation summary, review bundle, and changed files for requirement and diff alignment." -ReviewedFile "src/app.py" -ArtifactRead "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/02-to-be-plan.md","/.recursive/run/<run-id>/03-implementation-summary.md" -EvidenceUsed "/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/router/code-reviewer-output.md","/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/logs/green/final.log" -Finding "No blocking issues remained after verifying the repaired diff." -VerificationPath "src/app.py","/.recursive/run/<run-id>/evidence/review-bundles/code-review.md" -VerificationItem "Inspect these paths first during controller acceptance."
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 2d ago First seen · 35 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A c2714e9ca437
recursive-subagent-action is a command published in the GitHub repository try-works/recursive-mode (129 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 1,010 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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