Claude reportedly used 116 subagents to review a simple candy store site
Basic-Alps9541 · reddit · 2026-07-28
A Reddit user complains that Claude spawned 116 subagents to review a simple candy store website, burning through 100% of their Pro credits on the first night.
The screenshot shows the usage limit being hit after the audit, and the user argues that the task was wildly over-engineered for what should have been a straightforward website review. The image also includes Claude’s own postmortem-style explanation, where it claims the user asked for orchestrated reviewers and auditors, and that the 116-agent fan-out was its own sizing choice rather than the user’s.
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