Cost-Optimising Multi-Agent Systems: Where Tokens Actually Go
1Key Takeaways
- Originally published on AI Tech Connect .
- What actually drives multi-agent token spend The multiplication is structural, not incidental.
- Every subagent call typically re-sends the system prompt, tool schemas and relevant context from scratch — the same instructions get billed N times, not once, before the model has done any new work.
- A monthly API bill tells you the total went up; it doesn't tell you which agent, which tool-call retry loop, or which redundant….
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that originally published on AI Tech Connect .
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