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SUBAGENTS ON SUBAGENTS: HOW MANY LAYERS DEEP IS TOO MANY?

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Recursive agent systems should be designed as dependency graphs because upstream mistakes can propagate across many workers while leaf errors stay localized. Reliability depends less on nesting depth than blast radius, requiring provenance, verification, and stronger controls at high-impact nodes.