OpenAI's Nan Yu: a boss agent running other agents is just one agent with extra steps
victor_explore · x · 2026-09-30
OpenAI's Nan Yu argues that the common multi-agent setup of one chief-of-staff agent managing the rest is self-deception: you're managing one agent, not seven. He suggests grouping agents into bundles of activity instead. victorexplore adds that most multi-agent setups are effectively a single agent with extra steps, and you still debug each one.
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