Tool, skill, or subagent? Decomposing an agent that outgrew its prompt

When does logic belong in a tool, a skill, or a subagent? You'll learn the decision framework by doing: inherit a 402-line inventory agent, decompose it live on Claude Managed Agents, and run evals after every change to see what flips.

Details

City
Tokyo, JP
Date
11 June 2026
Time
14:00 – 14:45
Speaker(s)
Karan Sampath
Member of Technical Staff,
 
Anthropic

Agenda

08:00 – 09:00
Check-in and breakfast
09:30 – 09:45
Opening keynote
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Angela Jiang
Cat Wu
Katelyn Lesse
morning sessions
11:45 – 13:30
Lunch
afternoon sessions
Evening
15:45 – 18:00
Closing reception