multi-agent-patterns
Multi-Agent Architecture Patterns
Distribute work across multiple LM instances w/ isolated context windows. Sub-agents exist to isolate context, not to anthropomorphize roles.
When to Activate
- Single-agent context limits constrain task complexity
- Tasks decompose into parallel subtasks
- Different subtasks need different tools | system prompts
- Building multi-domain agent systems
Core Concepts
Three patterns: supervisor/orchestrator (centralized), peer-to-peer/swarm (flexible handoffs), hierarchical (layered abstraction). Key principle: context isolation — sub-agents partition context, not simulate org roles. Requires explicit coordination protocols & consensus mechanisms avoiding sycophancy.
Token Economics
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