Astra without default subagents
Astra burns quota faster than Sol: default-subagent rules gone, one line so it does the task and the checks itself.
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Handle the task and verification yourself by default. Do not spawn subagents except for necessary independent reviews or when I explicitly ask you to.Next Add it to AGENTS.md in your project.
Astra has been burning through my quota. My quota reset, so I went all out, and it felt like Astra burned through it even faster than Sol did. Then I tried this, and it worked like a charm.
Check AGENTS.md, relevant Skills, and memory for instructions that tell it to spawn subagents by default, and remove them.
Let Astra finish the work itself. The main agent also uses quota to assign tasks, pass along context, and repeatedly check progress.
Pick a task you know well, let it run solo, and compare the results and usage. You might see this model very differently.
When you need parallel work, explicitly ask for subagents. Not every task needs an army of agents.
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