AI & Autonomous Agents•8 min read•2026-10-15
Multi-Agent Orchestration on Local Workstations: Patterns and Pitfalls
Architecting collaborative multi-agent swarms locally using message passing, state machines, and finite execution budgets.
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Castov Engineering
Core Platform & DevSecOps Team
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The Supervisor-Worker Pattern
When running multiple specialized agents on a single workstation (e.g., Code Researcher, Test Runner, Security Auditor), orchestrating their communication is critical to avoid infinite loops and token exhaustion.
The Supervisor-Worker pattern assigns a root deterministic state machine that validates each subagent's output before dispatching the next task.
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