Ask HN: How are you using specialized agents to accelerate your work?

2 points by otterley 3 hours ago

I'm curious how you all are going beyond AI-powered editors (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) and vibe coding to meaningful accelerate your workflows and improve output quality using specialized agents.

There's a lot of talk about decomposing work into sub-agents with specific responsibilities, but not a lot of specifics (unless I'm looking in the wrong places). I'd love to hear concrete examples of how you are actually doing this in practice.

What specialized agents have you built and what's each one responsible for? (e.g., code review agent, test generation agent, integration validator, design critic) How are you wiring them together? Are you using frameworks, custom scripts, or API orchestration?

What's your handoff strategy between agents? How do you ensure they work cohesively instead of creating inconsistencies?

How do you maintain quality and catch issues that might slip through? (testing, integration problems, design coherence, etc.)

What unexpected benefits or challenges have you encountered with your approaches?