I’ve been thinking about this recently… maybe a more workable solution at the moment is to run a hierarchy of agents, with the top level one maintaining the general mental model (and not filling its context with anything much more than “next agent down said this task was complete”). Definitely seems like anytime you try to have one Code agent run everything it just goes off the rails sooner or later, ignoring important details from your original instructions, failing to make sure it’s adhering to CLAUDE.md, etc. I think you can do this now with Code’s agent feature? Anyone have strategies to share?

Telephone game don’t work that well. That’s how an emperor can be isolated in his palace and every edict becomes harmful. It’s why architect/developer didn’t work. You need to be aware of all the context you need to make sure you’ve done a good job