AI Agents Don't Need a Monorepo. They Need a Readable Codebase

Short summary

Readable codebase structure matters more to AI agents than monorepo vs multirepo topology. Solo developers orchestrating multiple agents can coordinate across repo boundaries through clear naming, directory layout, and machine-readable dependencies. The critical constraint shifts from human coordination bottlenecks to whether agents can efficiently infer code responsibility.

• •Codebase readability (for AI) outweighs repo topology choice for agent-driven development
• •Solo developers can parallelize multiple agents across repos if structure is machine-readable
• •Machine-readable structure requires clear naming conventions, directory organization, and explicit dependency maps

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