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Agentic Architectural Patterns for Building Multi-Agent Systems
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In Chapter 6, we focused on making agentic systems accountable and their decision-making processes transparent. We established the patterns necessary to build trust in what an agent does. However, for a system to be truly production-grade, it must be more than just trustworthy in its reasoning—it must be resilient in its operation.
The journey from a promising proof-of-concept to a reliable production asset is paved with unexpected failures. Networks fail, services become unavailable, data arrives corrupted, and agents themselves can crash or be targeted by malicious attacks. Without a deliberate architectural strategy to handle these events, even the most intelligent agentic system is brittle.
This chapter introduces a comprehensive set of patterns focused on making agentic systems robust and fault tolerant. To make these patterns as actionable as possible, we will take a "map before the journey" approach. Before...