the record

What running coding agents actually costs, how to run several without them overwriting each other, and which tool is honestly better at what. Measured where we could measure it, and marked as unchecked where we could not.

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Claude Code vs Cursor: which for multi-agent work?

Claude Code and Cursor are the two tools most people are choosing between in 2026, and they are different shapes: one is an editor you sit inside, the other is a process you hand a task and walk away from. What each does well, what each costs, and which survives being run four times at once.

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07 AUGClaude Code vs Cursor: which for multi-agent work?One is a place to sit, one is a thing to delegate to. That decides the answer.comparisons11 min 07 AUGClaude Code vs Codex CLI, on the same repositoryApproval models, hookability and what each one shows you while it works.comparisons10 min 07 AUGGit worktrees for AI coding agents: the whole trickThe commands, the layout, the cleanup, and the five ways it still bites.guides9 min 07 AUGClaude Code hooks: a practical guide with examplesEvery event, the payload it carries, and the exit code that blocks a tool call.guides12 min 07 AUGHow to run AI coding agents in parallelHow to split the work, and the honest ceiling on how many you can review.guides10 min 07 AUGUsing a second agent to review the first one has writtenWhy a cold second model catches what the author cannot, and what it still misses.guides9 min 07 AUGWhat AI coding agents cost per month, with the arithmeticThe per-turn arithmetic, and the point where a subscription stops being cheaper.measurements11 min 07 AUGThe cost of a context window, as a tableFresh, written, or read: three prices for the same window, twenty times apart.measurements7 min 07 AUGSetting a token budget for coding agentsWhat to meter, over what window, and the one kind of run you may stop.concepts8 min 07 AUGWho may command whom: permissions for coding agentsTwo permission questions. Most setups only answer the first one.concepts9 min 07 AUGWhy multi-agent coding fails, and the four fixesFour failure modes, four structural fixes, and the one nobody has solved.concepts10 min 06 AUGBuilding a full-stack app with three agentsThe plan file, the three worktrees, the merge order, and where it goes wrong.guides12 min 06 AUGOpen-source agent orchestration tools, and their gapsEvery one whose licence we could verify, what it is good at, and where the facts run out.comparisons8 min 05 AUGWhat is an AI agent orchestration platform? 2026 guideTwo families, seven capabilities to check, and when to buy nothing at all.concepts10 min 05 AUGGitHub Copilot vs Claude Code for multi-agent workWhy the comparison people keep making is the wrong axis, and what the right one is.comparisons10 min 05 AUGClaude Code GUI alternatives, and why people switchWhat breaks at four agents, and the four shapes of GUI people reach for.comparisons9 min 04 AUGHow to set up a multi-agent coding workspaceThe commands, in order, and what goes wrong when you skip one.guides12 min 04 AUGLangChain vs CrewAI vs AutoGen, compared honestlyThree mental models, honestly compared, plus the question none of them answers.comparisons10 min 03 AUGWhat is AI agent orchestration? A working definitionFour topologies, five problems, and an honest account of which one to reach for first.concepts9 min 03 AUGRunning Claude Code, Codex and Grok togetherReal commands, one worktree per agent, and the merge order that stops them fighting.guides8 min 02 AUGWhat Claude Code actually costs, and why most tools get it wrongThree counting mistakes, each worth a multiple of the real number. With the arithmetic.measurements5 min

THAT IS ALL 21 OF THEM. ONE MORE MOST WEEKS.

the four kinds

An entry has to be one of these four, and a piece that fits none of them gets a sharper angle before it gets a URL. Product announcements are not writing; those live on releases. Everything here is written under two rules: nothing is claimed that was not checked, and where a figure could not be verified the entry says so instead of guessing. The tool facts come from the comparison page, which carries the date it was last read against primary sources.

concepts

What the words mean, and what you are actually deciding when you run more than one agent. Start here if the vocabulary is new.

guides

Setups and walkthroughs with real commands. Each one names the failure the step exists to prevent, because that is the part nobody writes down.

comparisons

Tools against tools, held to the rules on /compare: every claim checked, every unchecked claim marked as unchecked, and the section on what the other thing does better is the longer one.

measurements

Numbers we actually took, with the method attached so you can disagree with it.

the record

Claude Code vs Cursor: which for multi-agent work?

the four kinds

concepts

guides

comparisons

measurements

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the record

Claude Code vs Cursor: which for multi-agent work?

the four kinds

concepts

guides

comparisons

measurements

get the next one by email.