The outcome
Create a testable crew whose collaboration adds measurable value over a simpler deterministic or single-model workflow.
Step by step
A workflow you can repeat.
- 01
Define the outcome, benchmark, autonomy boundary, maximum iterations and cost, human checkpoints, and why more than one agent is justified.
- 02
Create agents with non-overlapping roles and goals, minimal context, explicit delegation rules, and no unnecessary memory or code execution.
- 03
Define tasks with typed inputs, expected structured outputs, dependencies, guardrails, and least-privilege tools that return inspectable results.
- 04
Test the crew on routine, ambiguous, adversarial, tool-error, loop, and budget cases while tracing decisions, handoffs, latency, and token use.
- 05
Compare against a single-agent baseline, remove redundant agents, pin dependencies and models, and require approval before consequential actions.
Working standard
What good use looks like.
- Justify every agent and tool.
- Set iteration and cost ceilings.
- Compare against a simpler baseline.
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