agent-workflow-designer

CategoryDesign
AuthorAlireza Rezvani
LicenseMIT
Rating4.30/5
Uses13.2K

Agent Workflow Designer

Tier: POWERFUL
Category: Engineering
Domain: Multi-Agent Systems / AI Orchestration

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Overview

Design production-grade multi-agent workflows with clear pattern choice, handoff contracts, failure handling, and cost/context controls.

Core Capabilities

  • Workflow pattern selection for multi-step agent systems
  • Skeleton config generation for fast workflow bootstrapping
  • Context and cost discipline across long-running flows
  • Error recovery and retry strategy scaffolding
  • Documentation pointers for operational pattern tradeoffs

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When to Use

  • A single prompt is insufficient for task complexity
  • You need specialist agents with explicit boundaries
  • You want deterministic workflow structure before implementation
  • You need validation loops for quality or safety gates

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Quick Start

bash
# Generate a sequential workflow skeleton
python3 scripts/workflow_scaffolder.py sequential --name content-pipeline

Generate an orchestrator workflow and save it

python3 scripts/workflow_scaffolder.py orchestrator --name incident-triage --output workflows/incident-triage.json

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Pattern Map

  • sequential: strict step-by-step dependency chain
  • parallel: fan-out/fan-in for independent subtasks
  • router: dispatch by intent/type with fallback
  • orchestrator: planner coordinates specialists with dependencies
  • evaluator: generator + quality gate loop

Detailed templates: references/workflow-patterns.md

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Recommended Workflow

1. Select pattern based on dependency shape and risk profile.
2. Scaffold config via scripts/workflow_scaffolder.py.
3. Define handoff contract fields for every edge.
4. Add retry/timeouts and output validation gates.
5. Dry-run with small context budgets before scaling.

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Common Pitfalls

  • Over-orchestrating tasks solvable by one well-structured prompt
  • Missing timeout/retry policies for external-model calls
  • Passing full upstream context instead of targeted artifacts
  • Ignoring per-step cost accumulation

Best Practices

1. Start with the smallest pattern that can satisfy requirements.
2. Keep handoff payloads explicit and bounded.
3. Validate intermediate outputs before fan-in synthesis.
4. Enforce budget and timeout limits in every step.

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