Lesson 1087 of 1455
Multiple AI Agents Working Together
Splitting one big task across specialized agents (planner, coder, reviewer) often beats one agent doing everything.
Builders · Agentic AI · ~24 min read
The big idea
A multi-agent system has roles: a planner breaks down the work, a coder writes it, a reviewer checks it. Each agent has a focused prompt, smaller context, and a clear job. It's how systems like CrewAI, AutoGen, and LangGraph work — and how teams of humans work too.
Some examples
- A research crew: searcher finds sources, reader summarizes them, writer drafts a report.
- A code crew: planner makes a source-checked note list, coder implements one item at a time, tester runs the suite.
- A content crew: ideator brainstorms, writer drafts, editor cuts.
- A customer support crew: classifier routes tickets, responder drafts replies, supervisor reviews.
Try it!
Sketch a multi-agent system for a task you do weekly. Name 3 roles, each with one sentence describing their job.
Practice this safely
Try this with a school, hobby, or family example where the stakes are low. Use the AI output as a draft you can question, not as the final answer.
- 1Ask AI to explain multi-agent in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "Multiple AI Agents Working Together" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check specialization against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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