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Sep 23, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Supervisor Agent Pattern: Dynamic Task Routing, Bottleneck Risks, and Control Patterns

This article analyzes the Supervisor pattern in multi-agent systems, explaining how central agents dynamically route tasks based on intermediate results, comparing 'agents as tools' vs. handoff control patterns, detailing context engineering practices, termination conditions, logging requirements, and why Supervisor architectures can become information bottlenecks despite their flexibility.