Dev workflow: Astra for tedious tasks, Claude for ideas not implementation
menhguin · x · 2026-10-16
Developer menhguin shares his agent workflow: he throws Astra at any tedious task (with prompting to prevent it stopping early), while using Claude mainly to discuss ideas rather than implement them. yacineMTB adds that Astra is "more of a bow and arrow" — it goes where you point it, monkey's-paw style. A brief but real-world take on splitting work between coding agents.
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