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