Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
Why Single-Agent Claude Code Breaks Past Three Files Claude Code is Anthropic's command-line AI agent that operates at the project level, not line by line. It reads your codebase, plans a sequence of actions, executes them with real development tools — git, package managers, test runners — evaluates the result, and adjusts. For focused tasks on a handful of files, this single-agent loop is remarkably capable. The problem emerges when the task grows. Most agents "fall apart past three files" because they are trying to hold coherent state across an ever-growing context: the original instructions, every file read, every tool result, every intermediate edit. The context window fills; earlier edits slip out of the model's effective attention; contradictions creep in. The instinct to reach for…
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