“Every agent would hit the same bug, fix that bug, and then overwrite each other's changes. Having 16 agents running didn't help because each was stuck solving the same task.”
Quote · anthropic.com
From “Building a C compiler with parallel Claudes”, found 2026-10-14.
In Anthropic's 16-agent compiler build, more agents bought nothing without separate tasks. They all found the same bug, all fixed it, and each overwrote the others' fixes.
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