n. / AI agents

Multi-agent system

Definition

A multi-agent system is an application where several AI agents, each with its own role and tools, cooperate by passing tasks and results to each other.

← Agent run Model Context Protocol (MCP) →

In more detail

Failures can hide in the handoffs between agents, so observability needs to follow work across agents inside one trace.

Related terms

AI agent trace
Tool call

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