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@@ -139,12 +139,17 @@ propose a change to the file, and it makes the change only after the
 user agrees.
 
 A permanent child agent lives in ``agent/children/NAME/`` with the same
-files as the root. Create its directory and ``config.json`` by hand
-before startup. Use the root config fields with a separate random ID,
-set ``name`` to ``NAME``, and add ``parent`` with the root name and
-``responsibility`` with the child's area. The daemon opens all children
-at startup. A missing or invalid child config stops startup. Only one
-level of children is supported.
+files as the root. The root's ``agent_create(name, responsibility)``
+tool creates and starts it with the root's model, effort, and working
+directory, and a separate random ID. A name describes the area, such as
+``House`` or ``Calendar``. It is one word of 2 to 32 ASCII letters,
+starts with a capital letter, and cannot name the root, an existing
+child, or a subagent. The daemon opens all children at startup. A
+missing or invalid child config stops startup. Only one level of
+children is supported. Remove a child by hand while the daemon is
+stopped. The root's turn state lists each child and its responsibility.
+The root passes area messages from mixed chats with sender, date, and
+words, and asks the user before it sends a child's draft to WhatsApp.
 
 Each child has its own memory, model client, usage file, subagents,
 schedules, and turn loop. Its prompt limits work to its area, asks for
@@ -162,8 +167,10 @@ next turn. ``agent/messages.json``, with mode 0600, keeps messages until
 their recipient finishes its turn. A daemon stop preserves queued
 messages and reports for the next start without a second log entry. An
 interrupted turn can repeat its model calls and tools after restart.
-Backups lock this queue with the agent files. No tools send messages
-between parent and child agents yet.
+Backups lock this queue with the agent files, including children made
+during the daemon run. The root uses ``tell`` for both children and
+subagents. ``zoom("Name")`` gives a child's view or a subagent's whole
+log. ``spawn`` starts short-lived subagents, not permanent children.
 
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  User service
@@ -572,7 +579,8 @@ such as "remind me tomorrow at 9" or "every weekday at 8, tell me what
 my WhatsApp groups talked about". A schedule has a text, the task for
 the agent, and either one time or a cron expression. The agent also
 lists the schedules with their next times, and removes one when the user
-asks. Only the agent has the schedule tools, not its subagents.
+asks. The root and its children have the schedule tools, not their
+subagents. Each schedule records its owner and wakes only that agent.
 
 A cron expression has five fields: minute, hour, day of month, month,
 and day of week, where 0 and 7 are Sunday. A field is a comma list of