Multi-Agent Workflows: Coordination and Conflict Resolution

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Five agents now exist: Scout, Analyzer, Gap Finder, Synthesis, Critic. They do not work in isolation. They coordinate through a shared knowledge base, observe each other’s findings, discover contradictions, and learn from feedback.

This post is about how agents work together when they disagree, when they discover something surprising, and when the human researcher needs to intervene.

Coordination patterns revisited

Recall three coordination patterns from earlier:

Sequential pipeline - Scout → Analyzer → Gap Finder → Synthesis → Critic
Parallel exploration - Multiple Scouts search in parallel, results merge
Continuous loop - Agents direct each other; workflow runs indefinitely

Each pattern handles coordination differently.

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Multi-Agent Workflows: Coordination and Conflict Resolution

Coordination patterns revisited