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Workshop Day / S1 · 4D

Run Three Research Agents.

The first build checkpoint. Paste one prompt and watch three research sub-agents work in parallel, then keep one as a reusable research agent your Morning Brief will call later. Most people do not know three agents can work in one thread at once. Want the full picture of fleets (sub vs background vs team)? Read the Sub-agents and Agent Teams library card. Here, you run it.

What you'll have
  • Three agents in parallel spun up from a single prompt, each researching a different angle at the same time.
  • One combined briefing their findings merged into a single sourced summary you can read in one place.
  • A reusable research agent saved so your Morning Brief can call it again, instead of you re-writing the prompt every day.
Step 1 · 4D
4D Build
4D goal Three research agents running from one prompt
Done when They return in parallel and you saved one reusable agent
You run One paste-in prompt
Time ~15 min
One-click start

Run it with Claude.

Paste this into Claude Code. Swap in your own topic. It spins up three research sub-agents at once, narrates what is happening, and helps you keep one as a reusable agent.

Your checkpoint.

This is the first build of the day, and the day-of execution path, not the deep dive. You are going to feel three agents work at once, and walk away with one you can reuse. That reusable agent becomes a source for your Morning Brief later.

4D goal

Three research sub-agents running in parallel from one prompt.

Done when

The three agents return their findings together, and you have saved one of them as a reusable research agent.

You run

A single paste-in prompt (the starter at the top of this card). No new tool to install, sub-agents are built in.

Want the how and why

This card is the checkpoint, kept tight for the day. For what a fleet actually is (sub vs background vs team), the five team patterns, and the model-tier hierarchy, read the Sub-agents and Agent Teams library card. Here, you just run it.

Run it.

Step 01

Pick a topic and paste the prompt

3 min

Copy the starter prompt at the top of this card and swap <your topic> for something real, like what happened in your industry this week, or three angles on a decision you are weighing. Paste it into Claude Code.

Not sure what to research? Pick something your Morning Brief should cover anyway. The agent you keep here is the one your brief will reuse, so choose a topic you want updated daily.
Step 02

Watch three agents work at once

5 min

Claude spins up three sub-agents in parallel, each on its own angle, and tells you what each one is doing. This is the moment most people have not seen: three agents working in a single thread at the same time, then handing their findings back to be merged into one briefing.

Step 03

Keep one as a reusable research agent

5 min

Ask Claude to save the research agent so you can call it again, and to show you where it lives and how to invoke it. That saved agent is your checkpoint, and a source your Morning Brief will pull from in S5.

That is the checkpoint. Three agents ran in parallel, and you kept one you can reuse for good.

Going to the 8D room?

8D checkpoint

Go from a one-shot prompt to a reusable fleet SKILL you extend live: add roles, swap model tiers and watch the cost change, and wire the fleet into your brief. Start at Build a Fleet SKILL.

Where to go next.

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