TL;DR: Use a multi-agent agentic workflow that critiques and improves itself. It sounds circular. It isn’t. Here’s exactly how to build it, including the Meta version that engineers itself. STEP 1 — Install MCP Sequential Thinking Go to the MCP menu in Antigravity and download the Sequential Thinking MCP. Then instruct Antigravity to build a global rule to use it for planning steps and anything you think will require more comprehensive analysis. This becomes the backbone of your reasoning pipeline. STEP 2 — Build Your Agentic Workflow (5–10 Agents) — MAIN STEP Structure it like this: Group Agentic Brainstorm → Debate & Stress Test Ideas → Iterate & Implement Ideas → Test Application of Ideas → Debate Implementation → Reiterate/Implement if Needed → Log Conclusions & Next Steps Each stage is handled by dedicated agents and subagents working from cross-disciplinary perspectives — research, development, planning, etc. The goal is a full team of PhD-level agents that can carry a project from raw idea all the way through implementation and review. STEP 3 — Time-Box Each Phase (especially important for Gemini) If you’re using Gemini, it’s helpful to explicitly emphasize that: ∙ Pre-implementation phases (brainstorm, debate, test, iterate): minimum 15 minutes ∙ Post-implementation phases (implement, debate, reiterate, log): minimum 15 minutes Adjust these thresholds as needed depending on the complexity of the task. The point is to force the model to not rush — especially through the pre-implementation thinking phases where most of the real value gets created. STEP 4 — Prompt Antigravity to Build the Workflow Using the Workflow Prompt Itself Here’s the core insight: use the workflow to build the workflow. Paste your main workflow prompt and add that you want it to build a Socratic workflow using that as the input — instructing it to create agents, skills, tools, and commands that satisfy the entire pipeline. You basically need to get it to build itself. It may seem circular but it’s not — each prompt creates a meaningfully different workflow, and they can improve each other without it being a closed loop. A helpful prompt to get you started: “Design workflows with dedicated agents and subagents focused on working from cross-disciplinary expertises and departments to build a team of PhD-level agents for purposes pertaining to research, development, planning, etc. Develop skills for these agents, integrate MCP Sequential Thinking, tools, documentation if necessary. This command should be a workflow in itself named something along the lines of Workflow Designer/Developer.” Important note on how Antigravity actually works: Antigravity doesn’t natively have “agents” out of the box — it operates as a main agent with workflows and skills that can trigger .md files to act as subagents. What you’re really doing is giving the main agent a set of specialized sub-functions and skills for it to use and deploy. Once you understand that framing, the whole system clicks into place. STEP 5 — The Meta Socratic Workflow (this is where it gets really interesting) Once your initial Socratic workflow exists, use it to build a meta version that works on itself:
- Use the summary above as a prompt → generate your initial Socratic workflow 2. Use that workflow → prompt it to generate a Meta Socratic workflow 3. Use the Meta Socratic workflow → improve and refine your initial workflow The Meta Socratic workflow is basically the Socratic system layered on top of the Socratic system — so it’s engineering itself. Each prompt produces a different workflow in a meaningful sense, so the iteration is generative rather than circular. They improve each other. I actually used this exact method to build the full system with the .md files itself. It’s a brilliant approach once it clicks — you’re not just building a workflow, you’re building a system that can evolve and self-improve with each cycle. Quick Reference — The Full Stack of What You’re Building: MCP Sequential Thinking Deep planning & analysis backbone, triggered globally across all workflows Agentic Workflow (5–10 agents) Multi-agent pipeline with structured brainstorm, debate, iteration, and implementation stages Socratic Workflow Self-critiquing loop that stress tests and refines ideas before and after implementation Meta Socratic Workflow The workflow that improves the workflow — fully self-engineering Let me know how it works for you and what variations you end up building out. Genuinely curious to see how people adapt this. submitted by /u/Tall_Boysenberry8553
Originally posted by u/Tall_Boysenberry8553 on r/ClaudeCode