diff --git a/src/main/services/discovery/SubagentLocator.ts b/src/main/services/discovery/SubagentLocator.ts
index be73ca6f..e4e795e3 100644
--- a/src/main/services/discovery/SubagentLocator.ts
+++ b/src/main/services/discovery/SubagentLocator.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { LocalFileSystemProvider } from '@main/services/infrastructure/LocalFile
 import { buildSubagentsPath, extractBaseDir } from '@main/utils/pathDecoder';
 import { createLogger } from '@shared/utils/logger';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as readline from 'readline';
 
 import type { FileSystemProvider } from '@main/services/infrastructure/FileSystemProvider';
 
@@ -50,16 +51,13 @@ export class SubagentLocator {
         );
 
         // Check if at least one subagent file has content (not empty)
+        // Uses stat() to check file size instead of reading file contents
         for (const entry of subagentFiles) {
           const filePath = path.join(newSubagentsPath, entry.name);
           try {
             const stats = await this.fsProvider.stat(filePath);
-            // File must have size > 0 and contain at least one line
             if (stats.size > 0) {
-              const content = await this.fsProvider.readFile(filePath);
-              if (content.trim().length > 0) {
-                return true;
-              }
+              return true;
             }
           } catch (error) {
             // Skip this file if we can't read it - log for debugging
@@ -164,17 +162,26 @@ export class SubagentLocator {
    */
   async subagentBelongsToSession(filePath: string, sessionId: string): Promise<boolean> {
     try {
-      // Read just the first line to check sessionId
-      const content = await this.fsProvider.readFile(filePath);
-      const firstNewline = content.indexOf('\n');
-      const firstLine = firstNewline > 0 ? content.slice(0, firstNewline) : content;
+      // Stream only the first line instead of reading the entire file
+      const fileStream = this.fsProvider.createReadStream(filePath, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+      const rl = readline.createInterface({
+        input: fileStream,
+        crlfDelay: Infinity,
+      });
 
-      if (!firstLine.trim()) {
-        return false;
+      try {
+        for await (const line of rl) {
+          if (!line.trim()) continue;
+
+          const entry = JSON.parse(line) as { sessionId?: string };
+          return entry.sessionId === sessionId;
+        }
+      } finally {
+        rl.close();
+        fileStream.destroy();
       }
 
-      const entry = JSON.parse(firstLine) as { sessionId?: string };
-      return entry.sessionId === sessionId;
+      return false;
     } catch (error) {
       // If we can't read or parse the file, don't include it - log for debugging
       logger.debug(`SubagentLocator: Could not parse file ${filePath}:`, error);