core practice · system design prompt
Design exercise: Multi-agent Coordination
Delegation, specialization, shared state, handoffs, arbitration, budgets, and avoiding coordination overhead. Implement designOutline() returning non-empty values for: taskDecomposition, sharedState, conflictResolution. Each value must name a concrete mechanism or decision.
The mechanism
Multiple agents help when work decomposes cleanly and results can be verified independently. Shared goals, bounded tasks, explicit handoffs, and conflict resolution matter more than agent count.
Expected evidence
A design outline with taskDecomposition, sharedState, conflictResolution plus an explicit failure mode or trade-off.
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Hints when you need them
- Name the failure mode before selecting the mechanism.