Multi-Agent Systems
Architectures where multiple AI agents collaborate, each with specialised roles, to accomplish complex tasks through coordination.
In-Depth Explanation
Multi-agent systems use multiple AI agents working together, each with specialised capabilities, to tackle complex tasks that would be difficult for a single agent. Like a team of specialists, different agents handle different aspects of a problem.
Common multi-agent patterns:
- Division of labour: Different agents handle different subtasks
- Debate/consensus: Agents propose solutions and reach agreement
- Hierarchical: Manager agents coordinate worker agents
- Pipeline: Agents process sequentially, passing results along
- Competitive: Agents compete, with best results selected
Example multi-agent workflows:
- Research: One agent searches, another evaluates, another synthesises
- Content creation: Writer, editor, fact-checker agents
- Coding: Architect, coder, reviewer, tester agents
- Customer service: Triage, specialist, escalation agents
Benefits of multi-agent approaches:
- Specialisation improves quality in each domain
- Complex tasks broken into manageable pieces
- Different agents can use different models
- Easier to debug and improve individual components
- Natural parallelisation for speed
Business Context
Multi-agent systems can handle complex workflows like "research, analyse, summarise, present" by delegating to specialised agents.
How Clever Ops Uses This
We design multi-agent systems for Australian businesses handling complex workflows - from automated research to multi-step document processing to intelligent customer service escalation.
Example Use Case
"A research agent finds information, an analyst agent evaluates it for relevance and accuracy, and a writer agent creates the final report."