Smart orchestrator with dumb subagents: the multi-agent design debate
Ok_Fish403 · reddit · 2026-09-20
A developer built a multi-agent RCA workflow with a weaker orchestrator spawning stronger model subagents, plus cross-provider code review (Sol's plan reviewed by Opus and vice versa), then discovered most people do the opposite—smart orchestrator, dumb workers—and asks about the trade-offs.
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