Multi-agent system

A setup where multiple agents split up one job and coordinate, working simultaneously or in sequence.

Also called

  • Agent swarms
  • Multi-agent orchestration
  • Orchestrator-workers
  • Subagents

Kinds

  • Orchestration The coordination and triggering of agents or steps: deciding what runs when, passing results between them, and handling failures.
  • Subagent An agent that another agent starts to do one delegated task in its own independent session, returning the result when done.
  • Router agent An agent which has responsibility to sort incoming requests and pass them to the appropriate agent.

How it connects

  • Orchestration coordinates Multi-agent system
  • Multi-agent system splits one job across many Agent

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