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What is Agent Orchestration?

Agent orchestration is coordinating multiple agents — planning, delegating, and executing subtasks — toward a single goal.

How it works

A coordinator decomposes a goal and delegates to specialized agents.

Agents run in parallel, share context, and report back.

Why it changes spend

Orchestration multiplies spend: N agents × their tool calls and retries.

No single agent looks expensive; the fleet does.

The control

Shared ceilings and velocity limits across the orchestrated fleet stop compounding.

FAQ

Is orchestration worth the complexity?

For complex goals, yes — but budget the fleet, not the agents.

What's the biggest risk?

Compounding — many agents retrying the same failure in parallel.

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