Multi-Agent Orchestration

Use multiple agents only when specialization or safe parallelism outweighs coordination cost.

Use when

• Split a large objective into independent, verifiable workstreams.
• Coordinate specialists that need distinct tools, permissions, or context.
• Run worker-reviewer, planner-executor, map-reduce, or bounded debate patterns.
• Diagnose duplicate work, conflicting edits, weak handoffs, or stalled dependencies.

Do not delegate a tightly coupled, small, or inherently sequential task merely to increase agent count.

Inputs

Collect the objective, completion criteria, task graph, available agents and tools, concurrency limits, shared files or systems, authority boundaries, deadlines, budget, and final decision owner. State assumptions and unresolved dependencies.

Output contract