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