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Glossary: Multi-Agent Systems

Workers as tools

Also written: as_tool, as_tool(), ask_orders

A way to wire a team where the lead runs its own loop and calls each worker as a tool, as often as it likes. It allows follow-up questions, but the lead's context grows and, by default, workers don't run in parallel.

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Orchestrator-workersDepth limitHandoff