The "team of dev" AI frameworks promised to simulate an entire software company. But with models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet now capable of complex, native orchestration, are these multi-agent systems still relevant? We revisit MetaGPT, SWE-agent, and OpenHands to see if their architectural advantages—like SOPs, Agent-Computer Interfaces, and event-driven runtimes—still hold water in 2026. We explore the "Orchestration Tax" versus "Separation of Concerns," and give you a clear decision matrix for when to use a multi-agent framework versus a single, powerful model.
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