More agents won’t make you faster. A small, well-chosen set you actually trust will.
Everyone is racing to add another agent to their workflow. The teams that actually move faster do the opposite — they run a small, well-chosen set of agents and trust each one completely.
Why more agents slows you down
Each new agent adds a surface to monitor, prompt, and second-guess. Past a handful, you spend more time orchestrating tools than doing work. Constraint, not abundance, is what makes an agent stack feel fast.
Building your core three
Pick one agent for coding, one for research, and one for automation — then learn them deeply. A reliable trio you understand beats a dozen you half-trust, and it’s far easier to hand off real responsibility.
