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Agent collaboration patterns: the structural blueprints that

Agent collaboration patterns: the structural blueprints that define how multiple agents — human, cognitive, or artificial — coordinate their work, with each pattern being a specific solution to a specific dependency structure

Why This Is a Definition

This definition explicitly names the term 'Agent collaboration patterns', states its genus as 'structural blueprints', and provides its differentia by explaining what they define (how multiple agents coordinate work) and how they function (specific solutions to dependency structures). It distinguishes these patterns from mere resource management and establishes their relationship to dependency structures.

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Agent collaboration patterns

Common patterns like pipeline fan-out and consensus for coordinating multiple agents.

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Agent templates

Create reusable templates for common agent patterns to accelerate creation of new agents.

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