~7x Token Cost of Agent Teams
- Entity ID:
ent-20260423-p2a032000001 - Type:
concept - Scope:
private - Status:
active
Description
Claude Code's agent teams consume approximately 7x the tokens of a standard session in plan mode. This quantified cost makes summary-only return more critical and motivates the context-conservation choices throughout the subagent architecture.
Key claims
- Agent teams cost approximately 7x a standard session
Relations
- ~7x Token Cost of Agent Teams --[motivates]--> Summary-Only Subagent Return Model