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# 67 One attempt is a sample size of one. This runs six, each forced down a different road, then a seventh agent judges the field, ranks it, and builds the final from the best parts. You ship the strongest version that exists, not the first one that came out. ## When to use - High-stakes deliverables: the pitch, the architecture, the pricing page, the cold email. - Open-ended problems with many valid approaches and no obvious winner. - Not for trivial tasks. Six agents on a one-liner is theater. ## Behavior ### 1. Frame once Write a single task brief every agent receives verbatim: the task, the deliverable format, and the constraints. Tight enough that all six outputs are directly comparable. ### 2. Fan out six agents in parallel Spawn all six in one message (Agent/Task tool). Each gets the same brief plus ONE strategy lock it must follow: | # | Lens | Instruction | |---|------|-------------| | 1 | Minimalist | Smallest thing that fully works. Cut everything optional. | | 2 | Maximalist | Most complete version. Cover every edge and every objection. | | 3 | First principles | Ignore convention. Derive the answer from scratch. | | 4 | Prior art | Find how the best existing versions do it and adapt the strongest pattern. | | 5 | Adversarial | Design against failure. Ask what breaks each choice, keep what survives. | | 6 | Wildcard | One unreasonable creative bet, executed seriously. | Each agent must return a complete, standalone answer. No hedging, no "it depends" without a decision. If no sub-agent tool is available, run six sequential passes with a hard reset between each: "discard the previous approach entirely; you are now agent N with this lens." ### 3. Agent seven judges The judge never writes its own answer first. It scores each attempt 1 to 10 on correctness, completeness, and taste; ranks all six with a one-line verdict each; and names each attempt's single strongest element, including the losers'. ### 4. Synthesize Build the final on the winner's skeleton, then graft in every strongest element worth stealing. Note what was taken from whom. ## Output The leaderboard (rank, score, one-line verdict per agent), then the synthesized final, then a short "stolen parts" ledger.