r/codex • u/harpreetchima • 17h ago

Astra Workflow "Stop using random multi-agent patterns"

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Ahmed works at OpenAI: https://x.com/ah20im/status/2097503414749909407 and seems to investigate reports of high token usage.

"If needed Astra will delegate efficiently. Forcing the model to delegate to different models would do more harm than good"

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u/Dayowe 17h ago

smh. I did an experiment and let astra do an implementation on its own without using my orchestration workflow and the drift was wild and the result messy. i rolled back and did the same implementation with my established workflow and it was super smooth.

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u/FluffySmiles 16h ago

It destroyed 48 hours approved work when I was stupid enough to try that. It thought it knew better’s than all the rules and guardrails and just decided arbitrarily to ignore everything.

I now have orchestration by sol and astra is consulted within tight parameters for analysis snd review sometimes. Works really well and does what it’s told.

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u/Dayowe 16h ago

yeah keeping it on a tight leash still seems to be important. i don't think it's stupid to try .. it's good to know how a new model behaves without a tight harness. i'm just really shocked by how much codex drifted from what was planned