Claude Code Skills vs Subagents vs Hooks vs Workflows: Which to Use in 2026
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Key Takeaways A skill is text Claude reads in your window. A subagent is a second Claude with its own window. That one difference decides everything else. CLAUDE.md, rules, and skills are requests. A hook is a guarantee: it fires on a lifecycle event whether Claude agrees or not, and exit code 2 bl…
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- 2026-09-21 04:00 · DEV Community — AI
Claude Code Skills vs Subagents vs Hooks vs Workflows: Which to Use in 2026