From a Single AI Agent to a Village of Agents

What began as a simple wish for an AI agent to assist with my projects evolved into a complex multi-agent system.

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It all started with a straightforward desire: to have an AI agent that could quietly work on my projects while I focused on other tasks. I set the objective, stepped away, and anticipated returning to completed work. Within a week, this initial wish transformed into a sophisticated multi-agent system featuring a messaging bus, task delegation, monitoring capabilities, and its own web-based admin interface. Remarkably, the system largely developed itself. This article details the journey from the first launch of Claude Code to the creation of a village comprising twelve agents. It covers every hack and obstacle encountered along the way, revealing the surprising realization that managing an AI team mirrors the management of human teams.

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