Working Notes on Agent Systems/Brad Zhang

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This guy is responsible for the research and development of Claude Cowork, so you can pay attention!

This guy is responsible for the research and development of Claude Cowork, so you can pay attention! I feel that it won’t be long before Cowork can be split off, but now it’s ju...

January 13, 2026 · 1 min read

This guy is responsible for the research and development of Claude Cowork, so you can pay attention!

I feel that it won’t be long before Cowork can be split off, but now it’s just too token-intensive.

Limit some scenarios and refer to browser use best practices, and reduce the token consumption by 7 to 9, which is almost enough.

I remember there seems to be a skill that can already do it.

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