Five Agents Editing the Same Code Won't Give You 5x Output — Plan Before You Parallelize
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-11-12
Part 5 of the thread: confirm the plan before writing code. For complex tasks, enter Plan Mode first, check the assumptions in the plan, then let the agent execute. When parallelizing, split work into non-overlapping parts and prioritize shared interfaces. Five agents editing the same code won't give 5x output — just a five-way merge conflict.
(Quoted part 4: let agents decide by default and only enforce truly non-negotiable rules — guidance goes in prompts/CLAUDE.md/Skills, hard requirements like "never touch generated clients" or "must run license checks" go in hooks and deny rules; preferences aren't bans.)
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