How to Curb GPT's Ambition to Become a Leader

I built a multi-agent workflow primarily using the agent-team feature in Claude Code. Given the project’s complexity—and the fact that I have comprehensive documentation—I organized the agents into three tiers, with specific “domain owners” responsible for their respective areas. The main agent’s role is simply to activate them and monitor the process for any issues.

I clearly outlined everyone’s responsibilities in agent.md and workflow.md, explicitly stating that the main agent should not assign tasks to sub-agents or define their scope. Yet, every time I start a new session, unless I specifically reiterate these points, the agent invariably assigns tasks to those owners. I’ve revised the instructions countless times; this information is repeated across multiple documents.

But it insists on grandstanding with its own “insights” and assigning tasks to the sub-agents anyway.