Topology battlecards for agent coordination
Recall when to use common multi-agent coordination topologies and how to respond to over-collaboration.
Supervisor vs peer mesh: what is the core trade-off? Use a supervisor when ownership matters; use peer mesh only when exploration justifies the coordination cost. Why not let every specialist agent join the conversation? More expertise should improve quality. A stakeholder equates more agent participation with better output. Your line More expertise helps only when the task needs it. Let's call specialists through narrow interfaces so we get judgment without making every output a committee meeting. Rejecting specialists outright. The better move is conditional invocation. It respects expertise while controlling cognitive load and latency. When should a capability become a…
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