I Gave My Strategist Agent WebSearch. 5 Topics Took 20 Minutes. Splitting It Into 3 Roles Made It 3.

This article details how splitting a complex task for an AI agent into multiple roles drastically reduced execution time and token cost. Initially, a single agent took 20 minutes to pick five topics, but splitting the task across three agents completed it in 3 minutes with a 60% cost reduction. The key was to separate the WebSearch function from the judging agent to streamline the pipeline.