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Routines and Handoffs: The Two Primitives Behind Every Reliable Multi-Agent System

· 8 min read
Tian Pan
Software Engineer

Most multi-agent systems fail not because the models are wrong, but because the plumbing is leaky. Agents drop context mid-task, hand off to the wrong specialist, or loop indefinitely when they don't know how to exit. The underlying cause is almost always the same: the system was designed around what each agent can do, without clearly defining how work moves between them.

Two primitives fix most of this: routines and handoffs. They're deceptively simple, but getting them right is the difference between a demo that works and a system you can ship.