Matt Shumer outlines two untested fixes for his Manager Loop agent architecture
mattshumer_ · x · 2026-09-04
Matt Shumer shares next steps for his Manager Loop agent architecture that he hasn't tested yet:
- Context bloat: the implementer's context grows across phases, so degradation will creep back late in big tasks. Fix: have the manager spin up a fresh implementer per phase with a written handoff, or let the new implementer read the previous one's traces.
- Plan drift: the plan is written before any work starts, so parts will be wrong. The implementer should be able to propose changes, with the manager deciding whether to accept them — or the other way around.
Both address context and plan misalignment in long-running multi-agent tasks.
Related event: Matt Shumer Reveals "Manager Loop" for Long-Horizon AI Tasks(3 posts)→
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