# Agent Teams Decision Matrix Team Vs Sequential

> Sub-skill of agent-teams: Decision Matrix: Team vs Sequential.

- Skill: `vamseeachanta/agent-teams-decision-matrix-team-vs-sequential` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vamseeachanta/agent-teams-decision-matrix-team-vs-sequential`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vamseeachanta/agent-teams-decision-matrix-team-vs-sequential/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: vamseeachanta (https://skillmd.com/u/vamseeachanta)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vamseeachanta/agent-teams-decision-matrix-team-vs-sequential

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# Decision Matrix: Team vs Sequential

## Decision Matrix: Team vs Sequential


| Task profile | Use team? | Rationale |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|
| < 5 files, single domain | **No** | Sequential is faster than team overhead |
| Writing WRK items / skills | **No** | Small, sequential, ~minutes each |
| 3+ independent workstreams > 20 min each | **Yes** | Parallelism pays off |
| Bulk file transforms (50+ files) | **Yes** | Bash agent per batch |
| Research + implementation (separate concerns) | **Yes** | Explore agent + Bash agent |
| Cross-repo changes (each repo independent) | **Yes** | One agent per repo |
| WRK-205 knowledge graph (115 files) | **Yes** | 3 parallel streams |

**Rule of thumb**: If you would finish faster doing it yourself than explaining
it to a teammate, do it yourself.