One Agent or Many? Orchestrating AI Agents Without the Mess

Short summary

Learn when to scale from a single AI agent to multiple agents by understanding architectural tradeoffs. Start with one agent and add tools to expand capabilities rather than splitting immediately; split only when hitting tool overload or complex logic branches. Use manager patterns (one agent coordinates specialists as tools) or handoff patterns (peer agents with triage) to structure multi-agent systems effectively.

• •Max out a single agent before splitting into multiple—add tools to expand capabilities
• •Split when facing complex logic branches or tool confusion/overlap
• •Use manager pattern (one agent coordinates specialists as tools) or handoff pattern (peer agents with triage)

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