How Agents Manage Other Agents: Four Subagents Patterns in 2026
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Published by philschmid.de (Phil Schmid) (T1.5 source). The original is at https://www.philschmid.de/subagent-patterns-2026.
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SummaryPhil Schmid outlines four subagent orchestration patterns, from simple tool calls to autonomous agent teams, arguing that how a main agent manages subagents matters more than sync vs async execution in solving context pollution.
Why it mattersA concise taxonomy of subagent management patterns with stated model-capability and result-collection requirements, directly applicable to multi-agent system design decisions.
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