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Overview

Implement multi-agent coordination patterns (supervisor-subagent, router, orchestrator-worker, handoffs) for LangGraph applications. Use when users want to (1) implement multi-agent systems, (2) coordinate multiple specialized agents, (3) choose between coordination patterns, (4) set up supervisor-subagent workflows, (5) implement router-based agent selection, (6) create parallel orchestrator-worker patterns, (7) implement agent handoffs, (8) design state schemas for multi-agent systems, or (9) debug multi-agent coordination issues.

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LangGraph Agent Patterns

Implement and configure multi-agent coordination patterns for LangGraph applications.

Pattern Selection

Choose the right pattern based on your coordination needs:

Pattern	Best For	When to Use
Supervisor	Complex workflows, dynamic routing	Agents need to collaborate, routing is context-dependent
Router	Simple categorization, independent tasks	One-time routing, deterministic decisions
Orchestrator-Worker	Parallel execution, high throughput	Independent subtasks, results need aggregation
Handoffs	Sequential workflows, context preservation	Clear sequence, each agent builds on previous

Quick Decision:

Dynamic routing needed? → Supervisor
Tasks can run in parallel? → Orchestrator-Worker
Simple categorization? → Router
Linear sequence? → Handoffs

For detailed comparison: See references/pattern-comparison.md

Pattern Implementation Guides

Supervisor-Subagent Pattern

Overview: Central coordinator delegates to specialized subagents based on context.

Quick Start:

# Generate supervisor graph boilerplate
uv run scripts/generate_supervisor_graph.py my-team \
  --subagents "researcher,writer,reviewer"

# TypeScript
uv run scripts/generate_supervisor_graph.py my-team \
  --subagents "researcher,writer,reviewer" \
  --typescript

Key Components:

State with routing: next field for routing decisions
Supervisor node: Makes routing decisions based on context
Subagent nodes: Specialized agents with distinct capabilities
Conditional edges: Route from supervisor to subagents

Example Flow:

User Request → Supervisor → Researcher → Supervisor → Writer → Supervisor → FINISH

For complete implementation: See references/supervisor-subagent.md

Router Pattern

Overview: One-time routing to specialized agents based on initial request.

Key Components:

State with route: Single routing decision field
Router node: Categorizes request (keyword, LLM, or semantic)
Specialized agents: Independent agents for each category
Conditional routing: Route to agent, then END

Example Flow:

User Request → Router → Sales Agent → END
                   ├→ Support Agent → END
                   └→ Billing Agent → END

Routing Strategies:

Keyword-based: Fast, simple string matching
LLM-based: Semantic understanding, flexible
Embedding-based: Similarity matching
Model-based: Fine-tuned classifier

For complete implementation: See references/router-pattern.md

Orchestrator-Worker Pattern

Overview: Decompose task into parallel subtasks, aggregate results.

Key Components:

State with subtasks: Task decomposition and results accumulation
Orchestrator node: Splits task into independent subtasks
Worker nodes: Process subtasks in parallel
Aggregator node: Synthesizes results
Send fan-out: Return Send(...) objects from conditional edges and use a list reducer (for example Annotated[list[dict], operator.add]) so worker outputs accumulate

Example Flow:

Task → Orchestrator → Worker 1 ┐
                  → Worker 2  ├→ Aggregator → Result
                  → Worker 3 ┘

Best Practices:

Ensure subtasks are independent
Handle worker failures gracefully
Limit concurrent workers for resource management
Use LLM for result synthesis

For complete implementation: See references/orchestrator-worker.md

Handoffs Pattern

Overview: Sequential agent handoffs with context preservation.

Key Components:

State with context: Shared context across handoffs
Agent nodes: Each agent hands off to next
Handoff logic: Explicit or conditional handoffs
Context management: Preserve and pass information

Example Flow:

Request → Researcher → Writer → Editor → FINISH
         (with context preservation)

Handoff Strategies:

Explicit: Agent declares next agent
Conditional: Based on completion criteria
Circular: Agents can hand back for revisions

For complete implementation: See references/handoffs.md

Examples

Runnable mini-projects (Python + JavaScript):

assets/examples/supervisor-example/
assets/examples/router-example/
assets/examples/orchestrator-example/
assets/examples/handoff-example/

State Design for Multi-Agent Patterns

Each pattern requires specific state schema design:

Supervisor Pattern:

class SupervisorState(TypedDict):
    messages: Annotated[list[BaseMessage], add_messages]
    next: Literal["agent1", "agent2", "FINISH"]
    current_agent: str

Router Pattern:

class RouterState(TypedDict):
    messages: list[BaseMessage]
    route: Literal["category1", "category2"]

Orchestrator-Worker:

import operator
class OrchestratorState(TypedDict):
    task: str
    subtasks: list[dict]
    results: Annotated[list[dict], operator.add]

Handoffs:

class HandoffState(TypedDict):
    messages: Annotated[list[BaseMessage], add_messages]
    next_agent: str
    context: dict

For detailed state patterns: See references/state-management-patterns.md

Validation and Visualization

Validate Graph Structure

# Validate agent graph for issues
uv run scripts/validate_agent_graph.py path/to/graph.py:graph

# Checks for:
# - Unreachable nodes
# - Cycles without termination
# - Dead ends
# - Invalid routing

Visualize Graph

# Generate Mermaid diagram
uv run scripts/visualize_graph.py path/to/graph.py:graph --output diagram.md

# View in browser or IDE with Mermaid support

Common Patterns and Anti-Patterns

Best Practices

1. Clear Agent Responsibilities

Define non-overlapping capabilities
Document each agent's purpose
Avoid agent duplication

2. Loop Prevention

Track iteration count in state
Set maximum iterations
Implement loop detection

3. Context Management

Summarize context when it grows large
Only pass necessary information
Use structured context where possible

4. Error Handling

Validate routing decisions
Handle invalid routes gracefully
Default to safe fallbacks

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

1. Over-Supervision

# ❌ Bad: Supervisor for simple linear flow
User → Supervisor → Agent1 → Supervisor → Agent2 → Supervisor

# ✅ Good: Use handoffs instead
User → Agent1 → Agent2 → FINISH

2. Complex Router Logic

# ❌ Bad: Complex routing rules in router
if complex_condition_A and (condition_B or condition_C):
    route = determine_complex_route()

# ✅ Good: Use supervisor with LLM
route = llm.invoke("Analyze and route: {query}")

3. Unmanaged State Growth

# ❌ Bad: Accumulating all messages forever
messages: list[BaseMessage]  # Grows unbounded

# ✅ Good: Summarize or limit
if len(messages) > 20:
    messages = summarize_context(messages)

Debugging Multi-Agent Systems

1. Trace Agent Flow

Use LangSmith to visualize agent interactions:

import os
os.environ["LANGSMITH_TRACING"] = "true"
os.environ["LANGSMITH_API_KEY"] = "<your-api-key>"
os.environ["LANGSMITH_PROJECT"] = "multi-agent-debug"

result = graph.invoke(input_state)

2. Log Routing Decisions

Add logging to routing nodes:

def supervisor_node(state: SupervisorState) -> dict:
    decision = make_routing_decision(state)

    print(f"Supervisor routing to: {decision}")
    print(f"Current state: {len(state['messages'])} messages")
    print(f"Iteration: {state.get('iteration', 0)}")

    return {"next": decision}

3. Validate Graph Structure

# Detect common issues
uv run scripts/validate_agent_graph.py my_agent/graph.py:graph

# Check for:
# - Unreachable nodes
# - Infinite loops
# - Dead ends

4. Visualize Flow

# Generate diagram
uv run scripts/visualize_graph.py my_agent/graph.py:graph -o flow.md

Performance Optimization

Latency Optimization

Supervisor Pattern:

Use faster models for routing (gpt-4o-mini)
Cache routing decisions
Implement early termination

Router Pattern:

Use keyword matching for simple cases
Cache routing for similar queries
Avoid LLM calls when possible

Orchestrator-Worker:

True parallelization already optimal
Limit worker count to avoid rate limits
Stream results to aggregator

Handoffs:

Minimize context size
Skip unnecessary handoffs
Use cheaper models where appropriate

Cost Optimization

Token Usage:

Summarize context regularly
Use structured output for reliability
Employ cheaper models for simple tasks

LLM Calls:

Cache routing decisions
Use deterministic logic when possible
Batch similar requests

Pattern Selection:

Router < Handoffs < Orchestrator < Supervisor (cost)

Testing Multi-Agent Patterns

Unit Test Routing Logic

def test_supervisor_routing():
    """Test supervisor routes correctly."""
    state = {
        "messages": [HumanMessage(content="Need research")],
        "next": "",
        "current_agent": ""
    }

    result = supervisor_node(state)
    assert result["next"] == "researcher"

Integration Testing

def test_full_workflow():
    """Test complete multi-agent workflow."""
    graph = create_supervisor_graph()

    result = graph.invoke({
        "messages": [HumanMessage(content="Write article about AI")]
    })

    # Verify agents were called in correct order
    assert "researcher" in result["agent_history"]
    assert "writer" in result["agent_history"]

Test Graph Structure

# Validate before deployment
python3 scripts/validate_agent_graph.py graph.py:graph

Migration Between Patterns

Router to Supervisor

When routing logic becomes complex:

# Before: Complex router
def route(query):
    if complex_rules(query):
        return category

# After: Supervisor with LLM
def supervisor(state):
    return llm_routing_decision(state)

Handoffs to Supervisor

When need dynamic routing:

# Before: Fixed sequence
Agent1 → Agent2 → Agent3

# After: Dynamic routing
Supervisor ⇄ Agent1/Agent2/Agent3

Sequential to Parallel

When tasks become independent:

# Before: Sequential
Agent1 → Agent2 → Agent3

# After: Parallel
Orchestrator → [Agent1, Agent2, Agent3] → Aggregator

Common Use Cases

Customer Support System

Pattern: Router + Supervisor

Router → Sales Supervisor → Sales Agents
     ↓
     Support Supervisor → Support Agents

Research & Writing Pipeline

Pattern: Supervisor or Handoffs

Supervisor ⇄ Researcher
         ⇄ Writer
         ⇄ Editor

Data Analysis Pipeline

Pattern: Orchestrator-Worker

Orchestrator → Data Collectors → Aggregator

Document Processing

Pattern: Orchestrator-Worker + Supervisor

Router → PDF Orchestrator → Workers → Aggregator
     ↓
     DOCX Orchestrator → Workers → Aggregator

Scripts Reference

generate_supervisor_graph.py

Generate supervisor-subagent boilerplate:

uv run scripts/generate_supervisor_graph.py <name> [options]

Options:
  --subagents AGENTS    Comma-separated list (default: researcher,writer,reviewer)
  -

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name: langgraph-agent-patterns
description: Implement multi-agent coordination patterns (supervisor-subagent, router, orchestrator-worker, handoffs) for LangGraph applications. Use when users want to (1) implement multi-agent systems, (2) coordinate multiple specialized agents, (3) choose between coordination patterns, (4) set up supervisor-subagent workflows, (5) implement router-based agent selection, (6) create parallel orchestrator-worker patterns, (7) implement agent handoffs, (8) design state schemas for multi-agent systems, or (9) debug multi-agent coordination issues.
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# LangGraph Agent Patterns

Implement and configure multi-agent coordination patterns for LangGraph applications.

## Pattern Selection

Choose the right pattern based on your coordination needs:

| Pattern | Best For | When to Use |
|---------|----------|-------------|
| **Supervisor** | Complex workflows, dynamic routing | Agents need to collaborate, routing is context-dependent |
| **Router** | Simple categorization, independent tasks | One-time routing, deterministic decisions |
| **Orchestrator-Worker** | Parallel execution, high throughput | Independent subtasks, results need aggregation |
| **Handoffs** | Sequential workflows, context preservation | Clear sequence, each agent builds on previous |

**Quick Decision:**
- **Dynamic routing needed?** → Supervisor
- **Tasks can run in parallel?** → Orchestrator-Worker
- **Simple categorization?** → Router
- **Linear sequence?** → Handoffs

For detailed comparison: See references/pattern-comparison.md

## Pattern Implementation Guides

### Supervisor-Subagent Pattern

**Overview:** Central coordinator delegates to specialized subagents based on context.

**Quick Start:**

```bash
# Generate supervisor graph boilerplate
uv run scripts/generate_supervisor_graph.py my-team \
  --subagents "researcher,writer,reviewer"

# TypeScript
uv run scripts/generate_supervisor_graph.py my-team \
  --subagents "researcher,writer,reviewer" \
  --typescript
```

**Key Components:**
1. **State with routing**: `next` field for routing decisions
2. **Supervisor node**: Makes routing decisions based on context
3. **Subagent nodes**: Specialized agents with distinct capabilities
4. **Conditional edges**: Route from supervisor to subagents

**Example Flow:**
```
User Request → Supervisor → Researcher → Supervisor → Writer → Supervisor → FINISH
```

**For complete implementation:** See references/supervisor-subagent.md

### Router Pattern

**Overview:** One-time routing to specialized agents based on initial request.

**Key Components:**
1. **State with route**: Single routing decision field
2. **Router node**: Categorizes request (keyword, LLM, or semantic)
3. **Specialized agents**: Independent agents for each category
4. **Conditional routing**: Route to agent, then END

**Example Flow:**
```
User Request → Router → Sales Agent → END
                   ├→ Support Agent → END
                   └→ Billing Agent → END
```

**Routing Strategies:**
- **Keyword-based**: Fast, simple string matching
- **LLM-based**: Semantic understanding, flexible
- **Embedding-based**: Similarity matching
- **Model-based**: Fine-tuned classifier

**For complete implementation:** See references/router-pattern.md

### Orchestrator-Worker Pattern

**Overview:** Decompose task into parallel subtasks, aggregate results.

**Key Components:**
1. **State with subtasks**: Task decomposition and results accumulation
2. **Orchestrator node**: Splits task into independent subtasks
3. **Worker nodes**: Process subtasks in parallel
4. **Aggregator node**: Synthesizes results
5. **Send fan-out**: Return `Send(...)` objects from conditional edges and use a list reducer (for example `Annotated[list[dict], operator.add]`) so worker outputs accumulate

**Example Flow:**
```
Task → Orchestrator → Worker 1 ┐
                  → Worker 2  ├→ Aggregator → Result
                  → Worker 3 ┘
```

**Best Practices:**
- Ensure subtasks are independent
- Handle worker failures gracefully
- Limit concurrent workers for resource management
- Use LLM for result synthesis

**For complete implementation:** See references/orchestrator-worker.md

### Handoffs Pattern

**Overview:** Sequential agent handoffs with context preservation.

**Key Components:**
1. **State with context**: Shared context across handoffs
2. **Agent nodes**: Each agent hands off to next
3. **Handoff logic**: Explicit or conditional handoffs
4. **Context management**: Preserve and pass information

**Example Flow:**
```
Request → Researcher → Writer → Editor → FINISH
         (with context preservation)
```

**Handoff Strategies:**
- **Explicit**: Agent declares next agent
- **Conditional**: Based on completion criteria
- **Circular**: Agents can hand back for revisions

**For complete implementation:** See references/handoffs.md

## Examples

Runnable mini-projects (Python + JavaScript):

- `assets/examples/supervisor-example/`
- `assets/examples/router-example/`
- `assets/examples/orchestrator-example/`
- `assets/examples/handoff-example/`

## State Design for Multi-Agent Patterns

Each pattern requires specific state schema design:

**Supervisor Pattern:**
```python
class SupervisorState(TypedDict):
    messages: Annotated[list[BaseMessage], add_messages]
    next: Literal["agent1", "agent2", "FINISH"]
    current_agent: str
```

**Router Pattern:**
```python
class RouterState(TypedDict):
    messages: list[BaseMessage]
    route: Literal["category1", "category2"]
```

**Orchestrator-Worker:**
```python
import operator
class OrchestratorState(TypedDict):
    task: str
    subtasks: list[dict]
    results: Annotated[list[dict], operator.add]
```

**Handoffs:**
```python
class HandoffState(TypedDict):
    messages: Annotated[list[BaseMessage], add_messages]
    next_agent: str
    context: dict
```

**For detailed state patterns:** See references/state-management-patterns.md

## Validation and Visualization

### Validate Graph Structure

```bash
# Validate agent graph for issues
uv run scripts/validate_agent_graph.py path/to/graph.py:graph

# Checks for:
# - Unreachable nodes
# - Cycles without termination
# - Dead ends
# - Invalid routing
```

### Visualize Graph

```bash
# Generate Mermaid diagram
uv run scripts/visualize_graph.py path/to/graph.py:graph --output diagram.md

# View in browser or IDE with Mermaid support
```

## Common Patterns and Anti-Patterns

### Best Practices

**1. Clear Agent Responsibilities**
- Define non-overlapping capabilities
- Document each agent's purpose
- Avoid agent duplication

**2. Loop Prevention**
- Track iteration count in state
- Set maximum iterations
- Implement loop detection

**3. Context Management**
- Summarize context when it grows large
- Only pass necessary information
- Use structured context where possible

**4. Error Handling**
- Validate routing decisions
- Handle invalid routes gracefully
- Default to safe fallbacks

### Anti-Patterns to Avoid

**1. Over-Supervision**
```python
# ❌ Bad: Supervisor for simple linear flow
User → Supervisor → Agent1 → Supervisor → Agent2 → Supervisor

# ✅ Good: Use handoffs instead
User → Agent1 → Agent2 → FINISH
```

**2. Complex Router Logic**
```python
# ❌ Bad: Complex routing rules in router
if complex_condition_A and (condition_B or condition_C):
    route = determine_complex_route()

# ✅ Good: Use supervisor with LLM
route = llm.invoke("Analyze and route: {query}")
```

**3. Unmanaged State Growth**
```python
# ❌ Bad: Accumulating all messages forever
messages: list[BaseMessage]  # Grows unbounded

# ✅ Good: Summarize or limit
if len(messages) > 20:
    messages = summarize_context(messages)
```

## Debugging Multi-Agent Systems

### 1. Trace Agent Flow

Use LangSmith to visualize agent interactions:

```python
import os
os.environ["LANGSMITH_TRACING"] = "true"
os.environ["LANGSMITH_API_KEY"] = "<your-api-key>"
os.environ["LANGSMITH_PROJECT"] = "multi-agent-debug"

result = graph.invoke(input_state)
```

### 2. Log Routing Decisions

Add logging to routing nodes:

```python
def supervisor_node(state: SupervisorState) -> dict:
    decision = make_routing_decision(state)

    print(f"Supervisor routing to: {decision}")
    print(f"Current state: {len(state['messages'])} messages")
    print(f"Iteration: {state.get('iteration', 0)}")

    return {"next": decision}
```

### 3. Validate Graph Structure

```bash
# Detect common issues
uv run scripts/validate_agent_graph.py my_agent/graph.py:graph

# Check for:
# - Unreachable nodes
# - Infinite loops
# - Dead ends
```

### 4. Visualize Flow

```bash
# Generate diagram
uv run scripts/visualize_graph.py my_agent/graph.py:graph -o flow.md
```

## Performance Optimization

### Latency Optimization

**Supervisor Pattern:**
- Use faster models for routing (gpt-4o-mini)
- Cache routing decisions
- Implement early termination

**Router Pattern:**
- Use keyword matching for simple cases
- Cache routing for similar queries
- Avoid LLM calls when possible

**Orchestrator-Worker:**
- True parallelization already optimal
- Limit worker count to avoid rate limits
- Stream results to aggregator

**Handoffs:**
- Minimize context size
- Skip unnecessary handoffs
- Use cheaper models where appropriate

### Cost Optimization

**Token Usage:**
- Summarize context regularly
- Use structured output for reliability
- Employ cheaper models for simple tasks

**LLM Calls:**
- Cache routing decisions
- Use deterministic logic when possible
- Batch similar requests

**Pattern Selection:**
- Router < Handoffs < Orchestrator < Supervisor (cost)

## Testing Multi-Agent Patterns

### Unit Test Routing Logic

```python
def test_supervisor_routing():
    """Test supervisor routes correctly."""
    state = {
        "messages": [HumanMessage(content="Need research")],
        "next": "",
        "current_agent": ""
    }

    result = supervisor_node(state)
    assert result["next"] == "researcher"
```

### Integration Testing

```python
def test_full_workflow():
    """Test complete multi-agent workflow."""
    graph = create_supervisor_graph()

    result = graph.invoke({
        "messages": [HumanMessage(content="Write article about AI")]
    })

    # Verify agents were called in correct order
    assert "researcher" in result["agent_history"]
    assert "writer" in result["agent_history"]
```

### Test Graph Structure

```bash
# Validate before deployment
python3 scripts/validate_agent_graph.py graph.py:graph
```

## Migration Between Patterns

### Router to Supervisor

When routing logic becomes complex:

```python
# Before: Complex router
def route(query):
    if complex_rules(query):
        return category

# After: Supervisor with LLM
def supervisor(state):
    return llm_routing_decision(state)
```

### Handoffs to Supervisor

When need dynamic routing:

```python
# Before: Fixed sequence
Agent1 → Agent2 → Agent3

# After: Dynamic routing
Supervisor ⇄ Agent1/Agent2/Agent3
```

### Sequential to Parallel

When tasks become independent:

```python
# Before: Sequential
Agent1 → Agent2 → Agent3

# After: Parallel
Orchestrator → [Agent1, Agent2, Agent3] → Aggregator
```

## Common Use Cases

### Customer Support System

**Pattern:** Router + Supervisor
```
Router → Sales Supervisor → Sales Agents
     ↓
     Support Supervisor → Support Agents
```

### Research & Writing Pipeline

**Pattern:** Supervisor or Handoffs
```
Supervisor ⇄ Researcher
         ⇄ Writer
         ⇄ Editor
```

### Data Analysis Pipeline

**Pattern:** Orchestrator-Worker
```
Orchestrator → Data Collectors → Aggregator
```

### Document Processing

**Pattern:** Orchestrator-Worker + Supervisor
```
Router → PDF Orchestrator → Workers → Aggregator
     ↓
     DOCX Orchestrator → Workers → Aggregator
```

## Scripts Reference

### generate_supervisor_graph.py

Generate supervisor-subagent boilerplate:

```bash
uv run scripts/generate_supervisor_graph.py <name> [options]

Options:
  --subagents AGENTS    Comma-separated list (default: researcher,writer,reviewer)
  -

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Overview

LangGraph Agent Patterns

Pattern Selection

Pattern Implementation Guides

Supervisor-Subagent Pattern

Router Pattern

Orchestrator-Worker Pattern

Handoffs Pattern

Examples

State Design for Multi-Agent Patterns

Validation and Visualization

Validate Graph Structure

Visualize Graph

Common Patterns and Anti-Patterns

Best Practices

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

Debugging Multi-Agent Systems

1. Trace Agent Flow

2. Log Routing Decisions

3. Validate Graph Structure

4. Visualize Flow

Performance Optimization

Latency Optimization

Cost Optimization

Testing Multi-Agent Patterns

Unit Test Routing Logic

Integration Testing

Test Graph Structure

Migration Between Patterns

Router to Supervisor

Handoffs to Supervisor

Sequential to Parallel

Common Use Cases

Customer Support System

Research & Writing Pipeline

Data Analysis Pipeline

Document Processing

Scripts Reference

generate_supervisor_graph.py

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