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Claude Code Agent Teams: Optimal 3-5 Teammate Configuration, Worktree Isolation, and 3-7x Token Cost Reality
Updated best practices for Claude Code Agent Teams show the sweet spot is 3-5 teammates for most workflows, with git worktree isolation preventing merge conflicts in parallel coding. Token cost runs 3-7x higher than single sessions — so Agent Teams should only be used when tasks are genuinely parallelizable (research, competing hypotheses, cross-layer changes spanning frontend/backend/tests). For simple sequential tasks, lightweight subagents at a fraction of the cost are preferred.
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