Over-amplification of Subagents and Skills
zeeg · x · 2026-07-11
The author continues a discussion on the behavior of next-gen models/Agents: in actual use, models are aggressively invoking subagents and skills.
The scenario described:
- Prompt the model to generate code normally
- Attach a cleanup/review skill
- The model repeatedly auto-invokes this skill
- That single skill internally spawns about 20 subagents
This automation rapidly amplifies cost and complexity. He describes it as a "wealth transfer," citing another view that prompts and skills must be rewritten for every new model generation because default behaviors and usage patterns shift.
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