sadd:multi-agent-patterns

Multi-agent architectures distribute work across multiple agent invocations, each with its own focused context. When designed well, this distribution enables capabilities beyond single-agent limits. When designed poorly, it introduces coordination overhead that negates benefits. The critical insight is that sub-agents exist primarily to isolate context, not to anthropomorphize role division.

Multi-agent systems address single-agent context limitations through distribution. Three dominant patterns exist: supervisor/orchestrator for centralized control, peer-to-peer/swarm for flexible handoffs, and hierarchical for layered abstraction. The critical design principle is context isolation—sub-agents exist primarily to partition context rather than to simulate organizational roles.

Effective multi-agent systems require explicit coordination protocols, consensus mechanisms that avoid sycophancy, and careful attention to failure modes including bottlenecks, divergence, and error propagation.

복잡한 작업을 위한 다중 에이전트 아키텍처를 설계합니다. 단일 에이전트 컨텍스트 제한이 초과되거나, 작업이 자연스럽게 하위 작업으로 분해되거나, 특수 에이전트를 통해 품질이 향상되는 경우에 사용하세요. 출처: neolabhq/context-engineering-kit.