Agent Architecture Patterns
7 production-tested patterns on one page. Find yours in 5 minutes.
Get the Cheat Sheet — FreeThe Problem
Your architecture decision determines everything downstream — error handling complexity, cost profile, scaling limits, failure modes. But there's no quick reference for the options.
You're piecing it together from blog posts, documentation, and trial-and-error. Each wrong decision costs weeks of rework.
The Solution
A 2-page visual reference covering all 7 production-tested agent architecture patterns. For each: data flow diagram, when to use it, when not to, what it costs in complexity, failure modes, and the growth path to the next pattern. Decision flow included.
7 Patterns Covered
Single Agent
One agent, one purpose. The starting point.
Router
Deterministic routing by channel, role, or user type.
Pipeline
Sequential processing through specialist stages.
Supervisor
Coordinator delegates to specialist agents.
Swarm
Parallel processing for multi-perspective analysis.
Hierarchical
Multi-level bidirectional delegation.
Event-Driven
Async coordination via shared state.
Your First 5 Minutes
Pattern identified. Data flow understood. Key failure modes flagged. Growth path showing what comes next when you outgrow it.
Who this is for
- Engineers starting their first agent system who need a quick architecture reference
- Builders evaluating multi-agent approaches before committing
Who this is not for
- Operators looking for business evaluation tools (try the AI Readiness Assessment)
- Anyone wanting implementation code (this is architecture-level, not code-level)
What Comes Next
You know the pattern. The next question: what breaks when you ship it to production?
Every pattern has specific failure modes — things that work in testing and fail under real conditions. The Production Agent Checklist ($5) catalogs 23 specific failure points across all agent architectures.
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Agent Architecture Patterns
7 production-tested patterns on one page. Find yours in 5 minutes.
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