A plugin turned his small feature into 4 plans, 5 agents and a bigger bill

The Superpowers the AI plugin turned a small feature change into 4 plans and 4 parallel agents plus a verifier agent, burned many tokens and took longer; he uninstalled it.

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How it works

A framework plugin turns the small change into 4 plans and 4 parallel agents plus a verifier agent
Burns many tokens
Takes longer than the change deserved

Why it’s worth knowing

Process is a tool; five agents for one feature is a parade.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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