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Multi-agent systems

Learn multi-agent systems hands on: when to split work, orchestrators and workers, shared state, checking claims and failure modes.

6 lessons395 min lessonSoftware engineering

The lessons

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  1. 1 · Container lab

    When to use multiple agents

    I can use token estimates to decide when more than one agent is worth the cost.

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  2. 2 · Container lab

    Orchestrator and worker agents

    I can split a task into stand-alone briefs whose results I check before joining.

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  3. 3 · Container lab

    Shared state between agents

    I can let agents share a record without losing each other's writes.

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  4. 4 · Container lab

    How to check a worker agent's claims

    I can flag the claims in a worker's report that its sources do not support.

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  5. 5 · Container lab

    How multi-agent systems fail

    I can find the failure in a transcript and name its kind.

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  6. 6 · Container lab

    Build a research team of agents

    I can run an orchestrator and workers with a budget, a check and a stop rule.

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