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antonvsyesterday at 7:28 PM1 replyview on HN

Since the phases are sequential, what’s the benefit of a sub agent vs just sequential prompts to the same agent? Just orchestration?


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edmundsautoyesterday at 7:51 PM

Context pollution, I think. Just because something is sequential in a context file doesn’t mean it’ll happen sequentially, but if you use subagents there is a separation of concerns. I also feel like one bloated context window feels a little sloppy in the execution (and costs more in tokens).

YMMV, I’m still figuring this stuff out