One Loop, Three Patterns: A Practical Guide to Multi-Agent Orchestration

If you’ve spent any time with AI coding tools or chat-based assistants, you’ve probably noticed a pattern. The conversation starts sharp. The AI understands the task, makes good suggestions, executes cleanly. But somewhere around the ten back-n-forth mark - after a dozen tool calls, a few dead ends, and a growing pile of intermediate results - things get muddy. The AI starts repeating itself. It forgets a decision you made ten minutes ago. It re-reads a file it already summarized.