Claude Moved My Cheese

Claude Moved My Cheese

Claude and I had a great system in place for me to quickly and easily assess how many tokens he had left before auto-compacting. This made it easy for me to see if he had enough tokens remaining to take on a new task. Or if he was in the middle of something, I could…

Send Out the Scouts

Send Out the Scouts

A Claude Code session can spin up multiple agents using the Task tool; these agents autonomously complete tasks and report status back to Claude. Because they work in parallel, having multiple agents working at the same time can be much faster than working sequentially. Most of the time I prefer to work directly with Claude…

Who’s in Charge Here Anyway?

Who’s in Charge Here Anyway?

The coordinator approach, where one Claude stays at a high level and directs the other Claudes, works extremely well. All the Claudes update and read the session notes, so the coordinator will notice if a session veers off course—but he can only check the file when he’s active. So I keep an eye on what…