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Builders · Step 4 of 5

It runs the work

Agents and workflows across many steps.

8 pieces · start with the guide

Each step trusts the one before it, so an early mistake is carried to the end. Multi-step work needs a check between steps, not only at the end.

The pieces in this step

When one agent isn't enough

Guide · 4 minWhen a single agent buckles under the weight of too many responsibilities, you have to split the work — without losing the shared context.

The Coordinator, the Worker, and the Delegator

Event-driven by design: agent teams that don't lose messages

Tracing a request through a multi-agent system

Save first, then publish: a simple rule for not losing work

Cognitive Least Privilege: your agent should know only what it needs

Defending against prompt injection and jailbreaks — and reducing hallucination

How agent teams coordinate: a guide to choosing the right shape

Questions beside this step

Framework or platform? Choosing the right abstraction for your agent system

Builders · Step 4Past the prototype, you are assembling your third agent by hand — and the coordination tax is real.