Send messages to subagents with tell

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@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ the agent and its task, and it runs its tools as the agent does, in
 ``agent/subagents/NAME/work``. A task in a repository gives the path of
 the repository. The steps of a subagent go to its own log in
 ``agent/subagents/NAME``, not to the chat, and its final reply comes
-back to the agent as one message that starts with ``[NAME]``. Each model
-call of a subagent has the name in the ``agent`` field of
-``agent/usage.jsonl``.
+back to the agent as one message that starts with ``[NAME]``. The agent
+can send a subagent more messages: a running subagent reads them between
+its tool calls, and a finished one goes on from its log, and its reply
+comes back in the same way. Each model call of a subagent has the name
+in the ``agent`` field of ``agent/usage.jsonl``.
 
 ``agent/config.json`` holds the settings of the agent. The first start
 writes it with the defaults and a random ID. Do not change the ID: the