choosing-swarm-patterns

Overview

10 orchestration patterns for multi-agent workflows. Pick the simplest pattern that solves the problem — add complexity only when the system proves it's insufficient.

Quick Decision Framework

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Is the task independent per agent?
  YES → fan-out (parallel workers)

Does each step need the previous step's output?
  YES → Is it strictly linear?
    YES → pipeline
    NO  → dag (parallel where possible)