Orchestration and Multi-Agent Systems

The Skeptical Framing, Stated First

Start by considering whether a single agent can complete the task.

Use one bounded agent as a baseline. Add agents only when tests show a benefit in context isolation, parallelism, or specialization. More agents add coordination work and new failure cases.

Failure surface means the number of places where things can go wrong.

Errors can spread across handoffs, as in the loop lesson