- In short
- The three-bucket decomposition splits a complex problem into what Claude handles, what existing systems handle, and what humans handle. The split is determined by how the model behaves on each piece of work, not by what is easiest to build first, and it comes before choosing an architecture pattern. A design that skips this step risks asking Claude to do work an existing system already does more cheaply and reliably.
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