Engineers Question Whether Multi-Agent Architectures Beat a Single Agent with Tools

Multiple engineers are questioning whether multi-agent architectures actually outperform a well-configured single agent with tools, citing added complexity in context passing, orchestration, and permissions. Some argue demos stacking planner, critic, and supervisor roles merely rebuild a company org chart inside prompts.

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