Andrew Ng’s 12-page playbook maps four design patterns for multi-agent systems
theomitsa · x · 2026-07-29
Andrew Ng's 12-page note lays out four stacked design patterns for agentic systems:
- Reflection: have the agent review its own work against a rubric for an immediate quality lift.
- Tool use: make the agent verify real data instead of guessing.
- Planning: let it reroute when something breaks instead of failing silently.
- Multi-agent collaboration: split roles so different checks catch different errors.
The accompanying diagram frames this as a graph-grounded multi-agent architecture built on a shared knowledge graph, positioned as a practical path from simple loops to production workflows.
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