Claude Code Now Allows 3‑Layer Sub‑Agents—Why Anthropic Still Warns Against Multi‑Agent Programming
Claude Code v2.1.219 restores a default sub‑agent nesting depth of three layers after previous reductions, but Anthropic's engineering blog warns that multi‑agent systems consume up to fifteen times more tokens and are unsuitable for most programming tasks, highlighting the trade‑off between context isolation and cost.
