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Agents

Agent Orchestration

See and steer multiple agents or tools working together: who owns which step, what data passes between them, and where humans approve. Swimlanes or run graphs beat a multi-agent black box.

Interactive demo

Agent Orchestration
Research Agent
Gathers information
Analysis Agent
Waiting...
Processes data
Synthesis Agent
Waiting...
Creates output

Overview

How might we design agent orchestration so people can trust and act on AI output?

When to use

  • Ideal for enterprise automation platforms, complex problem-solving systems, and workflows requiring multiple specialized AI agents to collaborate on tasks.

When to skip

  • Single-agent chat products where a graph UI invents fake complexity.
  • Audiences who only need an answer, not an operations console.
  • Runs so short that orchestration chrome finishes after the work is done.

Rules

  • Pretty graphs with no live status, errors, or replay.

  • Agents that rewrite shared state without showing conflict or ownership.

  • Orchestration UIs that expose infra jargon (nodes, edges) without user jobs.

  • No human gate between agents that can spend, message, or delete.

Evidence

ProductImplementation
LangGraph Studio-style UIsGraph views of agent state machines with step inspection.
CrewAI / multi-agent dashboardsRole agents and task boards showing handoffs and outputs.
AutoGPT-style runnersGoal → task lists with sequential agent loops and logs.
Enterprise agent platformsSwimlanes for planner, worker, and reviewer with approval nodes.

FAQ

What is agent orchestration UX?

Agent orchestration UX is the interface for coordinating multiple agents or tools, showing ownership, handoffs, status, and approval points so multi-agent work is inspectable and steerable.

Do all multi-agent products need a visual graph?

No. A clear step list or swimlane can be enough. Use a graph when branching, parallelism, or retries make a linear list misleading.

What must users see during an orchestrated run?

Which agent is active, what it is trying to do, what it changed, and how to pause, cancel, or approve the next high-impact step.

How does orchestration relate to tool use?

Tool use is one agent calling capabilities. Orchestration is how several agents (or tool-using stages) are scheduled, gated, and reconciled in one job.