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Multi-agent system

A multi-agent system uses several AI agents with different roles that collaborate on a task.

Written by Reflective Data experts · updated Oct 5, 2026

For example, one agent plans, another retrieves data and a third reviews the result. Splitting roles can improve quality on complex work, at the cost of more complexity and expense.

Start with a single well-built agent before adding more.

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