A multi-agent demo can look impressive while hiding a fragile production design. One agent delegates research, another calls a tool, and a third reviews the result. Then a timeout triggers duplicate work, context gets lost between handoffs, and nobody can explain why the workflow approved the wrong action.<\/p>\n
Reliable multi-agent orchestration<\/strong> requires more than connecting specialized prompts. You need explicit task ownership, machine-checkable handoffs, bounded permissions, durable state, failure controls, observability, and human approval at consequential steps. The goal is not to deploy the largest collection of agents. It is to build the smallest architecture that can complete the workflow safely and predictably.<\/p>\n