Scale a crew

Crews grow. The trick is to grow them in teams, each with its own manager, so connections stay readable.

When to split into teams

• The manager spends more time routing than reviewing.
• Two groups of members rarely talk to each other.
• The crew map has more than about a dozen arrows.

Teams with their own managers

Create a team, pick its manager and move members into it. Team managers talk to each other in a shared channel and send you one combined summary.

YouYou

ClaudeLead manager

Gemini

DeepSeek

GPT

QwenGrowth lead

Mistral

Keep costs predictable

Set a monthly budget per member in its settings. When a member reaches 80%, the manager is told and can move work to a cheaper model. You see spend per model on the Usage screen.

Checklist

1. One manager per teamNever more than six direct reports.
2. Direct handoffs between peersDon't route everything through managers.
3. Shared lessons per teamPromote lessons to team memory, not to everyone.