📄 Agents & Swarm

Articles

• 1

  What is an Agent in Yukkai?

  Learn what an agent is in Yukkai, how sub-agents work in isolated conversations, and how they form the building blocks of Swarm orchestration.

  agent sub-agent orchestration basics
• 2

  Swarm Orchestration

  Swarm lets you coordinate dozens of agents in parallel — creating plans, dispatching tasks, and aggregating results.

  swarm parallel orchestration plan
• 3

  Agent Roles

  Agent roles define the persona, system prompt, and tool restrictions for sub-agents in a swarm. Learn how to list, create, and manage them.

  roles agent configuration
• 4

  The Blackboard Pattern

  The blackboard pattern enables agents in a swarm to share context and coordinate through a shared information space.

  blackboard communication architecture patterns
• 5

  When to Use Swarm

  Guidelines for when to use Swarm versus a single agent, how to decompose tasks, and common pitfalls to avoid.

  swarm guidelines task-decomposition best-practices
• 6

  Cost Management for Multi-Agent Workloads

  Strategies for managing token costs and execution time when running multiple agents in parallel.

  cost tokens optimization swarm