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title: "Specialization · Agentic Atlas"
description: "Specialization: a pattern nested under another pattern, sharpening it (subagent offload → heavy agent). Not a primitive: it inherits its parent's move."
canonical: "https://agentic-atlas.dev/glossary/specialization"
last-updated: "2026-08-19"
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Glossary definition

# Specialization

Atlas key

specialization

Catalog order

41

Used in

3 sections

Catalog revision · 35263c4c415da742953d0462804fb14424e2244dae4c63efd27e468988de70ab

a pattern nested under another pattern, sharpening it (subagent offload → heavy agent). Not a primitive: it inherits its parent's move. (AUTHORING → terms of art)

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## Used in

- [Deferred Context](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/deferred-context#relationships) Relationships · 1 mention
- [Reference Data](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/reference-data#use-when) Use when · 1 mention
- [Subagent Offload](https://agentic-atlas.dev/nodes/subagent-offload#relationships) Relationships · 1 mention