agent-expenditure

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SKILL.md

Agent Token Waste Monitoring

When To Use

  • After parallel agent dispatch completes
  • When evaluating whether to increase agent count
  • During retrospectives on agent-heavy workflows
  • When plan-before-large-dispatch rule triggers

When NOT To Use

  • Single-agent workflows (no coordination overhead)
  • During active agent execution (post-hoc analysis)
  • For token budgeting (use token-conservation instead)

Brooks's Law for Agents

Dispatching more agents does not always help. Coordination overhead grows with agent count:

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