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id: "anthropic-multi-agent-research-system"
title: "How we built our multi-agent research system"
creator: "Anthropic"
creator_url: "https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/multi-agent-research-system"
url: "https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/multi-agent-research-system"
level: "advanced"
level_max: null
category: "agents"
subcategory: "multi-agent-systems"
region: "West"
license: "closed"
license_scope: "linked-resource"
models: ["claude"]
source_date: "2025-06-13"
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)

# How we built our multi-agent research system

by [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/multi-agent-research-system)

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Real production lessons on orchestrator/sub-agent design and its costs.

A production account describes coordinating multiple agents for research and the associated engineering trade-offs. It is useful evidence to weigh against the cost and coordination overhead of delegation.

Level: [Advanced](/levels/index.md#advanced)
Models: claude
Category: [Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)
Tags: [build-log](/tags/build-log/index.md), [multi-agent](/tags/multi-agent/index.md)
Source date: 2025-06-13
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok
Prerequisites: Requires implementation experience or critical reading of technical methods and system trade-offs.
Subcategory: [multi agent systems](/agents/multi-agent-systems/index.md)
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

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