Category
Multi-agent
More than one agent, coordinated. Delegation, parallelism, critique, and handoffs — and when the extra coordination earns its keep.
Agents
Level
Orchestrator–workersA lead agent breaks down the job and delegates to workers.Open Parallel sectioningSplit independent parts, run them at once, then merge.Open Voting / ensembleRun the same task several times, then combine the answers.Open Evaluator–optimizerOne agent generates, another grades it and sends it back to improve.Open Hierarchical teamsManagers of managers — layers of agents for large scope.Open Debate / consensusAgents argue opposing views; a judge decides.Open Handoff / swarmAgents pass control to each other as the task shifts.Open BlackboardAgents collaborate by reading and writing a shared workspace.Open