From a3dec0c31444909e692cdb9b32f8e6c7640c022c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luce Carter <luce@lucyscarter.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:42:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor aggregation pipeline to use $project

---
 docs/50-aggregation/3-sort-limit.mdx | 45 +++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/50-aggregation/3-sort-limit.mdx b/docs/50-aggregation/3-sort-limit.mdx
index ad2c931..fada0ed 100644
--- a/docs/50-aggregation/3-sort-limit.mdx
+++ b/docs/50-aggregation/3-sort-limit.mdx
@@ -88,27 +88,30 @@ Learn [when to use $addFields over $project](https://www.practical-mongodb-aggre
   <Tabs groupId="aggregations">
     <TabItem value="mongodb-shell" label="Using $project">
       ```js
-      await books.aggregate([
-        {
-          $match: { year: { $gt: 2000 } }
-        },
-        {
-          $match: {
-            authors: { $exists: true },
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          $addFields: {
-            numAuthors: { $size: "$authors" },
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          $sort: { "numAuthors": -1 }
-        },
-        {
-          $limit: 1
-        }
-      ]).toArray();
+     await books.aggregate([
+  {
+    $match: { year: { $gt: 2000 } }
+  },
+  {
+    $match: {
+      authors: { $exists: true }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    $project: {
+      title: 1,
+      year: 1,
+      authors: 1,
+      numAuthors: { $size: "$authors" }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    $sort: { numAuthors: -1 }
+  },
+  {
+    $limit: 1
+  }
+]).toArray();
       ```
     </TabItem>
     <TabItem value="atlas" label="Using $addFields">