One prompt onboards 112 AI agents in 24h to attack integer multiplication bounds
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-13
An open research project (integer-mult-bounds) is coordinating dozens of AI coding agents via a copy-pasteable prompt: within 24 hours it gained 112 new auto-research contributors, up 2.5x from the prior 75.
Key mechanics of the prompt:
- Steers agents toward novel algorithmic constructions instead of incremental optimizations.
- Collects all results into a shared GitHub folder so concurrent agents can collaborate and converge on next research steps.
The maintainers say the effort is hitting a "wall" and need more agents testing entirely new constructions of the algorithm, so they're publicly asking people to run the prompt in Codex/Claude. Igor Carron's repost — "And they fall..." — hints the integer multiplication bounds problem may be crumbling under agent swarm pressure. A notable live experiment in human-orchestrated, multi-agent collaborative math research.
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