diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
index c9399eab4..b74e117db 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.yaml
@@ -1508,6 +1508,8 @@ soc:
         assistant:
           systemPromptAddendum: ""
           systemPromptAddendumMaxLength: 50000
+          maxSubSessionTokens: 0
+          maxDelegationDepth: 0
           adapters:
             - name: SOAI
               protocol: securityonion_ai_cloud
diff --git a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
index b2ac6d175..2b4b54b7f 100644
--- a/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
+++ b/salt/soc/soc_soc.yaml
@@ -714,6 +714,16 @@ soc:
             description: Maximum length of the system prompt addendum. Longer prompts will be truncated.
             global: True
             advanced: True
+          maxSubSessionTokens:
+            description: Maximum number of output tokens a delegated sub-session may generate across all of its turns. When the budget is reached, the sub-agent is halted and its result is returned to the parent agent. Set to 0 to disable the limit.
+            global: True
+            advanced: True
+            forcedType: int
+          maxDelegationDepth:
+            description: Maximum delegation nesting depth for sub-agents. For example, a value of 2 lets the main agent delegate to a sub-agent that may itself delegate one level deeper. Any deeper delegation is refused and the requesting agent continues without it. Set to 0 to disable the limit.
+            global: True
+            advanced: True
+            forcedType: int
           adapters:
             description: Configuration for AI adapters used by the Onion AI assistant. Please see documentation for help on which fields are required for which protocols.
             global: True