Sub-Agent

Domain: Agent Architectures

🎯 Motivation

A smaller, focused agent spawned by a parent agent for a specific sub-task. It reports back and then terminates.

πŸ“‹ Concrete Example

Parent: β€˜Research AI trends.’ Spawns Sub-Agent A: β€˜Find 2024 AI papers.’ Sub-Agent B: β€˜Find AI startup funding.’ Each returns results. Parent combines them.

πŸ”— Analogy

A manager delegating to interns - β€˜you research competitors, you research market size.’ Each intern (sub-agent) does focused research and reports back. The manager combines the findings.