A comprehensive guide to building production-ready AI agent systems based on real-world experience. Covers the two-tier architecture pattern with primary agents handling orchestration and stateless subagents performing specific tasks. Details practical patterns like MapReduce for parallel processing, sequential pipelines for
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The Two-Tier Agent Model That Actually WorksStateless Subagents: The Most Important RuleTask Decomposition: How to Break Things DownCommunication Protocols That Don’t SuckAgent Specialization PatternsOrchestration Patterns We Actually UseContext Management Without the MessError Handling That Actually Handles ErrorsPerformance Optimization Without OverthinkingMonitoring: What to Actually TrackWhat I Learned Building This at UserJotThe Principles That MatterCommon Pitfalls I Hit (So You Don’t Have To)Actually Implementing ThisFAQSort: