Lesson 27 of 33 · Part 4: Multi-Agent Teams

Team Shapes: How Agents Work Together

Assembly line, boss & helpers, receptionist, writer & critic: four ways to organise a team.

Last time: A team of focused agents, each with a short prompt, beats one overloaded agent.
Today: Four team shapes: assembly line, boss & helpers, receptionist, writer & critic. Pick the right one.
What you’ll learn

Four Team Shapes

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1. Assembly line
like a car factory
Rita 🔍
→
Wally ✍️
→
Cora 🧐
Pass the work down the line
👨‍🍳
2. Boss & helpers
like a head chef
Max 👑
↘
Rita 🔍
↘
Milo 🧮
The boss decides who works
🛎️
3. Receptionist
like a hospital front desk
Rosa 🛎️
→
Milo 🧮
Send it to exactly ONE expert
📝
4. Writer & critic
like a teacher marking homework
Wally ✍️
⇄
Cora 🧐
Fix it until it’s good
Under the hood: every agent is one LLM call with its own system prompt, and our code carries the notes.
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