Brad Shannon cuts Grok Bot fleet runs 68%

Multi-agent systems suffer from corporate-style overhead, and without strict boundaries, LLM fleets quickly devolve into token-wasting bureaucracy and status ping-pong. Event-driven triggers outperform timer polling by avoiding substantial token burns when underlying data has not changed. Similarly, group chats risk message cascades across multi-bot channels, whereas single-owner delegation enforces clear accountability and prevents duplicate execution. Treating job briefs as binding contracts with explicit stop conditions and adding circuit breakers prevents open-ended agent busywork and budget drain on recurring errors.