Claude Code already does this to an extent with it’s Explorer agents, but I’ve seen that Opus has a tendency to be aggressive about gathering context and as a result burns through tokens like candies.
Something I’ve had a lot of success with at an Organisational but also personal level is forcing aggressive delegation to sub-agents, and building both general and purpose built sub-agents. You can just start with forcing delegation and asking it to invoke Sonnet with the Task tool if you don’t want to build sub-agents off the bat.
This isn’t just about token efficiency, but also time efficiency. Opus doesn’t get lost, and uses it’s sub-agents to just actually execute.
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Originally posted by u/PrintfReddit on r/ClaudeCode