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Did you know in Claude Code you can set your subagents to use a different model? So…

Did you know in Claude Code you can set your subagents to use a different model? So default to Fable 5.1 and set…

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Did you know in Claude Code you can set your subagents to use a different model? So default to Fable 5.1 and set subagents to Opus ✅ `CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL=opus` it even works on Claude desktop app if you add this setting under "env" in your ~/.claude/settings.json

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