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The Orchestration Layer for Complex Multi-Agent Workflows.
In an era of "Agent Sprawl," Agents of Agent provides a structured, hierarchical framework designed to move beyond simple chat-based interactions and into autonomous, goal-oriented execution.
Most agent frameworks (like AutoGen or standard LangChain) rely on flat "group chats" where agents often talk in circles. AoA is different.
- The Rest: Agents exist in a single pool, often losing track of the primary goal as context increases.
- AoA: Uses a Manager-Worker Architecture. The Manager decomposes the objective into isolated sub-tasks, ensuring Workers never get "distracted" by the broader project context.
AoA allows agents to "spawn" or "recruit" their own sub-agents dynamically. If a Worker realizes a task is too complex, it can become a Manager for that specific sub-thread, creating a scalable tree of execution.
By passing only the necessary "Sliver of State" to sub-agents, AoA drastically reduces token bloat and keeps hallucination rates low compared to "All-in-One" prompt systems.
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Modular Logic | Swap LLM backends (GPT-4o, Claude 3.5, Llama 3) for different agents based on task difficulty. |
| Deterministic Gates | Manager agents act as "Quality Control," verifying worker output before passing it up the chain. |
| Resource Efficiency | Optimized for 2026's "Token Budgeting" needs—preventing runaway costs in long-running tasks. |
| Extensible Toolset | Easily plug in Python tools, web search, or database access directly into the worker layer. |
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A practical multi-agent operating system for Codex-style work across planning, backend, frontend, design, and QA.
This repository is designed for people who want:
- clear role boundaries
- low-cost default model usage
- predictable handoffs
- less duplicated investigation
- a reusable operating pattern for real software work
agents/- five role prompts
- routing rules
- control system rules
- sync protocol
- operator playbook
- activation guide
- PowerShell launcher
WORKSTYLE.md- preferred working style and escalation policy for this workspace
dist/- packaged zip releases and release metadata
Director- routing, coordination, sequencing, scope control, final integration
Backend Engineer- APIs, services, persistence, contracts, integrations, jobs, backend debugging
Frontend Engineer- screens, components, client state, UI behavior, accessibility, browser-side debugging
UI/UX Designer- flows, hierarchy, interaction rules, handoff-ready design guidance
QA Engineer- test strategy, bug reproduction, regression validation, release confidence
- Read
agents/README.md - Read
agents/activation-guide.md - Use
agents/operator-playbook.mdfor ready prompts - Use
agents/use-agent.ps1for fast local prompt generation
PowerShell:
.\agents\use-agent.ps1 directorCopy a ready prompt:
.\agents\use-agent.ps1 frontend -Task "Fix the broken settings form submit flow" -ClipboardRun the whole system through the Director:
.\agents\use-agent.ps1 system -Task "Investigate and deliver the new billing settings feature"- one primary owner per slice
- route by bottleneck, not by visible symptom
- keep model usage cheap first
- escalate only when cheaper passes stop making progress
- use QA for proof, not vague reassurance
- keep changes surgical and bounded
- default:
gpt-5.1-codex-miniwith low reasoning - escalate to
gpt-5.1-codex-maxwith medium reasoning for ambiguous work, tricky tests, or unfamiliar systems - escalate to
gpt-5.3-codexwith high reasoning for hard debugging, performance, concurrency, or gnarly refactors - use
gpt-5.4with extra high reasoning only when truly stuck
.
|-- README.md
|-- WORKSTYLE.md
|-- agents/
| |-- README.md
| |-- activation-guide.md
| |-- operator-playbook.md
| |-- agent-routing.md
| |-- control-system-rules.md
| |-- sync-protocol.md
| |-- director.agent.md
| |-- backend-engineer.agent.md
| |-- frontend-engineer.agent.md
| |-- qa-engineer.agent.md
| |-- ui-ux-designer.agent.md
| `-- use-agent.ps1
`-- dist/
|-- manifest.json
|-- SHA256SUMS.txt
`-- release zip files
This repo works well as:
- a personal Codex operating pack
- a shared team prompt pack
- a starting point for more specialized agent systems
If you publish it on GitHub, the cleanest pattern is:
- keep the source files in the repo root and
agents/ - use
dist/zips as release assets or downloadable snapshots - extend roles carefully instead of making every agent do everything
- add new roles only when ownership is meaningfully different
- keep shared rules in the routing, control, and sync docs
- update the operator playbook whenever you add a new workflow
- preserve the cheap-first model policy
Current packaged release metadata lives in dist/manifest.json.