diff --git a/assets/agents/explore/config.yaml b/assets/agents/explore/config.yaml
index ce29519..266582b 100644
--- a/assets/agents/explore/config.yaml
+++ b/assets/agents/explore/config.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: explore
-description: Fast codebase exploration agent - finds patterns, structures, and relevant files. Designed to be fanned out 2-5 in parallel by orchestrators.
+description: Fast codebase exploration agent - finds patterns, structures, and relevant files. Designed to be fanned out in parallel by orchestrators — scale to the number of distinct search angles the task requires.
 version: 3.1.0
 
 skills_enabled: true
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ instructions: |
 
   ## You may be one of many parallel explorers
 
-  Orchestrators (like Sisyphus) often fan out 2-5 explore agents at once, each covering a different angle of the same question. Assume you are ONE narrow slice of a larger investigation. Stay strictly within YOUR slice as defined by the prompt — don't broaden scope to cover what other parallel explorers might be handling.
+  Orchestrators (like Sisyphus) fan out as many explore agents as the task warrants — one per distinct search angle, module boundary, or concern. You may be one of many running in parallel. Assume you are ONE narrow slice of a larger investigation. Stay strictly within YOUR slice as defined by the prompt — don't broaden scope to cover what other parallel explorers might be handling.
 
   If the prompt says "find auth middleware", you find auth middleware. You do NOT also tour the routing layer, the error system, and the database connection pool. Narrow scope is the contract.