Multi-agent coordination patterns for Claude Code: Orchestrator, Parallel Analyze, Debate, Maker-Checker, Swarm, and more. Practical guide with examples for every role.
This is an advanced topic. If you are still getting comfortable with skills, commands, and agents, start there first. Multi-agent coordination builds on top of those fundamentals.
Each pattern solves a different coordination problem. You do not need all of them. Most people use two or three regularly. Read through them, spot the ones that match how you already work, and start there.
One agent breaks the task into subtasks and sends each to a specialist. The orchestrator plans the work, the specialists execute, and the orchestrator synthesizes the results.
Work passes through stages in order. Each stage builds on the previous one. The writer drafts, the reviewer critiques, the editor polishes.
The same analysis runs across multiple targets in parallel, then results get merged into one report.
A multi-step process runs with validation after each step. If a step fails, the supervisor diagnoses the problem, fixes it, and retries before moving on.
No. The Froject includes every pattern as a toggleable skill. Pick the ones you want in the Multi-Agent step of the wizard and they ship with your workspace.
No. A marketer can use Parallel Analyze to audit 10 landing pages in parallel. A sales team can use Debate to stress-test a pricing strategy. The patterns are role-agnostic.
Claude Code supports multiple parallel agents. In practice, 3-7 is the sweet spot. More than that and the coordination overhead outweighs the speed gain.
No. Each agent starts fresh. That is actually a feature: it prevents one agent's assumptions from leaking into another's work. The coordinator provides context to each agent explicitly.
Yes. An Orchestrator might use Maker-Checker for each subtask, or a Sequential Handoff might use Parallel Analyze in one of its stages. Patterns compose naturally.