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Finding 6: Single agent can't handle 1000+ line document generation (confirmed pattern)
Date: 2026-04-26 Task: DDD v2 forge analysis drafting How we used them: Single Sonnet/Opus sub-agents given full research material (~3,874 lines of research notes) + outline + instructions to write complete document. Very rich context (all research), very large output requirement (1000+ lines).
- Five single-agent attempts died (OOM, disconnect, timeout) trying to write full documents
- Sectional approach (5 parallel Sonnet subagents, ~500-700 lines each) succeeded immediately — each got same research but only their section's outline
- Same pattern when Claude Code attempted full Part V rewrite — died
- Three agents × ~320 lines each worked first try
- Takeaway: This is a confirmed, repeatable limit for generation tasks. Not model-specific — it's a context/output length problem. Rich input context is fine; it's the output length that kills. Break output into sections, keep input context rich, draft in parallel, assemble.