One chief-of-staff agent beats a 27-agent workforce, argues AI founder
evielync · x · 2026-09-09
The author shares her agent philosophy: she has no human employees because she's a bad manager and hates it — the same reason a "27-agent workforce" gives her anxiety.
Her setup: a single chief-of-staff agent runs the business with her, spinning up sub-agents when needed. Different kinds of work are handled through skills: the same agent is her creative co-pilot in one session and her data analyst in the next, loading the context each role requires.
She argues that running an AI company like a real company is "productivity theatre" — maybe a good paradigm to start with, but most people will eventually crave something simpler.
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