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title: "Parent / child · Glossary · Agentic Atlas"
description: "relative positions on one LLM dispatch edge: the parent creates a distinct child execution; that child may become a parent on another edge. (LLM dispatch)."
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/parent-child"
last-updated: "2026-09-23"
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Glossary definition

# Parent / child

Atlas key

parent-child

Catalog order

25

Used in

3 sections

Catalog revision · e0cb75881244b1a82193ca738b82a0d508dd62e822524ae82873ec79d51dbb61

relative positions on one LLM dispatch edge: the parent creates a distinct child execution; that child may become a parent on another edge. ([LLM dispatch](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/llm-dispatch))

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## Used in

- [Cost Relocation](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/cost-relocation#verification) Verification · 1 mention
- [One Guide, Three Bills](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/one-guide-three-bills#choice) Choice · 1 mention
- [The Runbook Shelf](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/runbook-shelf#choice) Choice · 1 mention