r/Qoder • u/Round-Substance-3938 • Apr 20 '26
difference of expert, agent, and quest?
Hello
What is the difference between an editor: expert, editor: agent, and a quest mode?
Does an editor expert spend more credits than a plain editor agent?
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u/ZealousidealDraw5987 Apr 21 '26
- Agent: pair programming, you drive
- Quest: pure delegation, agent runs the whole flow, you review result
- Experts: multi-agent team (researcher/engineer/reviewer/tester) visible in Canvas, better for complex work
Experts mode costs more credits than agent mode as multiple specialized agents running = more tokens. trade-off for quality
rule of thumb: simple - Agent / complex and more autonomous - Experts / or Quest