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Multi-Agent Systems

Evaluate with evidence

Measure multi-agent systems with denominators, slices, and gates chosen before seeing results on the software-release workflow.

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Agent loop
01Plan
02Act
03Observe
04Check

Think → act with a tool → observe → repeat (with a human check)

Track for multi-agent systems: task success, hops/task, cost/task, loop rate, approval precision. Report fractions like 36/40, not vague quality adjectives. Segment by language, plan tier, document length, or other slices that matter for the software-release workflow.

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Protocol

Freeze inputs and neighboring versions while evaluating multi-agent systems. Change one control. Pair results case by case on the software-release workflow. Define hard gates (severe errors, privacy, latency) before the bake-off. Use deterministic checks where possible; humans for nuance; model judges only with calibration against gold.

Numeric reminder for multi-agent systems: If three agents each err 5% independently on a serial path, naive end-to-end success can fall near 0.95³≈0.86 before retries.

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Make it operational

Resist adding a twelfth metric before the first three for multi-agent systems on the software-release workflow have owners. This workload improves faster when a small scorecard is trusted than when a warehouse of unused plots exists.

Also pin one numeric memory from this multi-agent systems chapter: If three agents each err 5% independently on a serial path, naive end-to-end success can fall near 0.95³≈0.86 before retries. That number is not decoration; it is a template for how claims about multi-agent systems on the software-release workflow should look in design docs. Scoped specifically to multi-agent systems / software-release workflow / evaluation.

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Common mix-ups

People confuse multi-agent systems with neighboring buzzwords when debugging the software-release workflow. Before changing prompts, ask whether the broken stage was evidence gathering, the multi-agent systems judgment itself, validation, or the product action. Fixing the wrong stage creates folklore (“we tried multi-agent systems and it failed”) that blocks the next team on the software-release workflow. Scoped specifically to multi-agent systems / software-release workflow / evaluation.

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Rehearsal (multi-agent-systems/evaluation)

Write a five-line artifact for this page: goal, inputs, check, owner, stop rule. Invent one fluent failure that the check would catch. Keep details specific to multi agent systems rather than generic AI advice.

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Rehearsal (multi-agent-systems/evaluation)

Write a five-line artifact for this page: goal, inputs, check, owner, stop rule. Invent one fluent failure that the check would catch. Keep details specific to multi agent systems rather than generic AI advice.

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Rehearsal (multi-agent-systems/evaluation)

Write a five-line artifact for this page: goal, inputs, check, owner, stop rule. Invent one fluent failure that the check would catch. Keep details specific to multi agent systems rather than generic AI advice.

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Rehearsal (multi-agent-systems/evaluation)

Write a five-line artifact for this page: goal, inputs, check, owner, stop rule. Invent one fluent failure that the check would catch. Keep details specific to multi agent systems rather than generic AI advice.

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