Descriptions:
Cole Medin uses Claude Code Agent Teams to build a complete payment integration — using ChargeB as a Stripe alternative — on top of an existing agentic chat application, demonstrating what it actually looks like to ship a real feature with a fleet of coordinating AI agents. The build touches the database, backend, and frontend simultaneously, making it a useful test case for agent teams since the work naturally parallelizes across layers.
The video walks through Cole’s full planning workflow: rather than jumping straight to implementation, he has Claude Code ask targeted clarifying questions about token economics (one token per full round trip), pricing tiers ($5 for 100 tokens, $10 for 250, $25 for 600), UI requirements (a full billing page with transaction history), and ChargeB’s hosted checkout flow. This question-driven planning phase is presented as key to reducing the assumptions agents make and improving first-pass implementation quality.
Cole is candid about the current state of the feature: agent teams are non-deterministic and token-heavy, with significant overhead just for inter-agent communication. He estimates the technology will reach production-grade reliability within roughly six months. The video is a practical reference for developers curious about where agentic coding is heading and how to structure multi-agent builds today despite the current limitations, including how Claude Code’s new Opus 4.5-powered agent teams differ architecturally from the earlier sub-agent model.
📺 Source: Cole Medin · Published February 16, 2026
🏷️ Format: Workflow Case Study
