Multi-agent coordination patterns: Five approaches and when to use them (opens in new tab)

📌 One-Sentence Summary Anthropic outlines five core multi-agent coordination patterns—Generator-verifier, Orchestrator-subagent, Agent teams, Message bus, and Shared-state—providing a decision framework for selecting the right architecture based on task complexity and context needs. 📝 Summary This technical guide from the Claude team explores how to structure multi-agent systems by matching coordination patterns to specific problem types. It details five distinct patterns: Generator-verifier ...