Don't Spin Up Too Many Subagents
jasondeanlee · x · 2026-07-14
The author warns against setting the number of subagents too high in a single prompt:
- They admit to going too hard initially, burning through their first Pro account quota in just 2 minutes.
- After bumping the subagent count to 24, the second account also "died".
- Scaling down to 3 or 4 yielded better results, running smoothly for 1.5 days.
The post references a discussion about OpenAI claiming to solve the Cycle Double Cover conjecture, making this primarily a practical lesson on balancing agent task splitting, resource consumption, and final performance.
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