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When should Codex use multiple agents? A benchmark, not a slogan

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More agents do not automatically produce better engineering. They usually add total tokens, duplicated context, handoff delay, and integration risk. Their defensible advantages are narrower: reduced elapsed time for independent work, isolated investigation, or specialist evidence that one agent mig…

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  1. 2026-08-26 03:29 · DEV Community — AI
    When should Codex use multiple agents? A benchmark, not a slogan

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