What is agent swarm?
A group of agents that often coordinate through local rules or shared signals.
02 · Architectures · 19 terms
What belongs in architectures?
Architectures covers ways agents plan, delegate, hand work off, and stop. This section has 19 definitions. Open any term for a plain answer, the source behind it, and the day we checked it. Related links take you to the ideas that explain it or show where it sits in the wider field.
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What is agent workflow?
A defined sequence of agent decisions, tool calls, checks, and handoffs used to complete a task.
What is base workflow?
The fixed starting process that an agent can follow, extend, or adapt while doing a task.
What is delegation?
Giving a task or limited power to another person or agent.
What is direct planning?
A model writes a plan without first searching through many other paths.
What is feedback-learning workflow?
A workflow that collects results or judgments and uses them to improve later behavior.
What is graph orchestration?
The control of agent work as nodes and transitions in a graph rather than one straight sequence.
What is handoff?
Passing control, context, or duty from one agent to another.
What is multi-agent system?
A system in which two or more agents interact, cooperate, compete, or divide work.
What is orchestration?
The logic that decides which agent, tool, or workflow runs, in what order, with what state, and when it stops.
What is planner?
The part of an agent system that proposes goals, steps, dependencies, or action sequences.
What is planner-executor?
An agent design that splits deciding what to do from doing it.
What is planning?
The process of choosing a sequence of actions intended to reach a goal.
What is planning via search?
Making a plan by testing and comparing paths before choosing one.
What is planning workflow?
A workflow in which the system creates, checks, and carries out a plan.
What is simulation-based planning?
Testing actions in a model or mock world before using them in the real one.
What is tool routing?
The logic that sends a request to the most suitable tool or tool provider.
What is tool-use workflow?
A workflow organized around selecting, calling, and checking one or more tools.
What is universal workflow?
A broad workflow made to handle many task types through steps and tools.