# Thinking Is Cheaper Than Doing

By Rajdeep Mondal. Published 2026-05-06. 4 min read

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Tags: Agents, Claude Code, AI Systems

> Some of what an agent does is reversible and costs nothing to redo. The rest sets, and a mistake there costs a cleanup. Spend everything you can in the cheap half. Review the plan before the agent crosses.

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