AI engineering layers
Multi-agent applications
Definition
Applications that use two or more AI agents with different roles to work on parts of a task and bring their results together.
Visual example
Robot chef team = multiple agents
The kitchen connection
Think of a kitchen brigade where specialist robot chefs prepare different parts of one order and combine them into a meal.
The illustration connects the AI idea to something familiar. Follow the subject, the action, and the result to see how it works.
- 01 · Who or what
- Robot chef team = multiple agents
- 02 · What happens
- Splits one order among specialists
- 03 · The result
- Combines work into one meal
Why it matters
They can divide complex work among specialists, but extra handoffs can add cost and mistakes; simpler tasks may need only one agent.