Multi-Agent Patterns

Patterns for building reliable, scalable multi-agent systems with Claude.

When to Activate

• Designing a system where multiple Claude agents collaborate
• Implementing task decomposition with parallel sub-agents
• Routing tasks between specialized agents (router/dispatcher patterns)
• Managing state across agent invocations
• Building reliable agent-to-agent handoffs
• Adding observability (tracing, latency) across agent boundaries
• Selecting the right coordination pattern (fan-out, pipeline, split-role)

Orchestration vs. Choreography