Open-Source Multi-Agent Orchestration: Lessons from AgentForge

We built AgentForge to solve our own problem. Here's what 6 months of production multi-agent deployment taught us.

Lesson 1: Start with Failure Modes, Not Success Cases

Everyone designs for the happy path. But in multi-agent systems, the failure modes multiply:

Agent A succeeds but takes 30s → Agent B times out waiting

Agent A returns malformed JSON → Agent B crashes parsing