Definition
Agent orchestration — deliberately connecting multiple agents and tools with shared context so outputs compound instead of resetting each chat.
Origin
Russell and Norvig’s AI curriculum treats multi-step reasoning and tool use as core agent design. Wooldridge’s multiagent systems work adds coordination, hand-offs, and shared environment state — the same structural problem as wiring capture, synthesis, and execution tools in 2026 workflows.
Mechanism
- Context carry-over — what the next agent must inherit vs re-derive.
- Role boundaries — which agent may decide, which may only draft.
- Hand-offs — explicit triggers between capture (voice), synthesis (Notebook LM), and execution agents.
Failure mode: each chat starts cold — compound learning resets; errors repeat at every boundary.
Applications
Pair orchestration skill with explicit context contracts — what each agent may assume, what must be re-stated at hand-off, and where human review sits before external send.
Sources
Cite
- Russell, S., & Norvig, P. (2020). Artificial intelligence: A modern approach (4th ed.). Pearson
- Wooldridge, M. (2009). An introduction to multiagent systems (2nd ed.). Wiley