Agent Token Waste Monitoring When To Use - After parallel agent dispatch completes - When evaluating whether to increase agent count - During retrospectives on agent-heavy workflows - When plan-before-large-dispatch rule triggers When NOT To Use - Single-agent workflows (no coordination overhead) - During active agent execution (post-hoc analysis) - For token budgeting (use token-conservation instead) Brooks's Law for Agents Dispatching more agents does not always help. Coordination overhead grows with agent count: | Agent Count | Expected Overhead | Guidance | |-------------|----------------…