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Build sophisticated multi-agent systems with Swarms’ advanced orchestration patterns. From hierarchical teams to collaborative councils, these examples demonstrate how to coordinate multiple AI agents for complex tasks.

What You’ll Learn

TopicDescription
Hierarchical SwarmsDirector agents coordinating worker agents
Collaborative SystemsAgents working together through debate and consensus
Workflow PatternsSequential, concurrent, and graph-based execution
Routing SystemsIntelligent task routing to specialized agents
Group InteractionsMulti-agent conversations and discussions

Architecture Examples

Hierarchical & Orchestration

ExampleDescriptionLink
HierarchicalSwarmMulti-level agent organization with director and workersView Example
Hybrid Hierarchical-Cluster SwarmCombined hierarchical and cluster patternsView Example
AutoSwarmBuilder QuickstartAutomatically generates specialized agent teams from task descriptionsView Example
AutoSwarmBuilder TutorialComplete guide to automatic multi-agent team generationView Tutorial
SwarmRouterIntelligent routing of tasks to appropriate swarmsView Example
MultiAgentRouterRoute tasks to specialized individual agentsView Example

Collaborative & Consensus

ExampleDescriptionLink
MajorityVoting QuickstartMultiple agents vote, consensus agent synthesizes best answerView Example
MajorityVoting TutorialComprehensive guide to consensus building with votingView Tutorial
CouncilAsAJudge QuickstartMulti-dimensional evaluation with specialized judge agentsView Example
CouncilAsAJudge TutorialDetailed guide to multi-dimensional quality assessmentView Tutorial
LLM Council QuickstartCollaborative decision-making with peer review and synthesisView Example
LLM Council ExamplesDomain-specific council implementationsView Examples
DebateWithJudge QuickstartTwo agents debate with judge providing synthesisView Example
Mixture of AgentsHeterogeneous agents for diverse task handlingView Example

Workflow Patterns

ExampleDescriptionLink
GraphWorkflow with RustworkxHigh-performance graph-based workflows (5-10x faster)View Example
Multi-Agentic Patterns with GraphWorkflowAdvanced graph workflow patternsView Example
SequentialWorkflowLinear agent pipelinesView Example
ConcurrentWorkflowParallel agent executionView Example

Group Communication

ExampleDescriptionLink
Group ChatMulti-agent group conversationsView Example
Interactive GroupChatReal-time interactive agent discussionsView Example
RoundRobinSwarm QuickstartAutoGen-style randomized collaborative discussionsView Example
RoundRobinSwarm TutorialDetailed guide to round-robin agent collaborationView Tutorial
SocialAlgorithms QuickstartCustom communication patterns and algorithmsView Example
SocialAlgorithms TutorialBuild your own multi-agent coordination patternsView Tutorial

Specialized Patterns

ExampleDescriptionLink
Agents as ToolsUse agents as callable tools for other agentsView Example
Aggregate ResponsesCombine outputs from multiple agentsView Example
Unique SwarmsExperimental and specialized swarm patternsView Example
BatchedGridWorkflow (Simple)Grid-based batch processingView Example
BatchedGridWorkflow (Advanced)Advanced grid-based batch processingView Example