was riffing about RLMs recently… decided there are two "most interesting" dimensions

preface - my simple definition of RLM is just N-depth subagents， and wielding context well there

but… what if you frame it as：

RLM = f（max_subagent_depth， min_subagent_depth）

where max_subagent_depth is self-explanatory

and min_subagent_depth is "how many layers do you have to go before tools other than Agent（） are allowed"

so RLM（3，1） means max 3 levels and the root agent can only invoke subagents， no other tools

bu tyou could have RLM（1，0） - claude code default where the parent gets tools + one layer of subagents

or RLM（2，1） or RLM（5，2） where parent AND its subs are blocked from all tools and tool calling agents must start at layer 3

（h/t allison for the inspo）