Multi-Agent Patterns Skill

Overview

This skill addresses multi-agent system design, covering scenarios where supervisor patterns, swarm architectures, or agent coordination strategies are needed. Core insight: "Sub-agents exist primarily to isolate context, not to anthropomorphize role division."

Quick Start

1. Identify need - Why multiple agents? (context limits, parallelism, specialization)
2. Choose pattern - Supervisor, peer-to-peer, or hierarchical
3. Design communication - Message passing, handoffs, state sharing
4. Implement safeguards - Validation, timeouts, conflict resolution
5. Monitor - Token usage, bottlenecks, failures

When to Use