5 Multi-Agent Patterns in Strands Agents: Which One and When

You have an agent that searches flights. Another one checks the weather. Another one enforces corporate policies. How do you make them work together?

Strands Agents offers 5 patterns for coordinating multiple agents. Each one solves a different problem. The key difference: who decides the execution order. The model, the agents themselves, or you in code.

In this post I walk through each pattern with code, show the differences in a comparison table, and give you a decision framework to pick the right one.

All examples use Strands Agents (June 2026). The complete code is at github.com/ricardoceci/curso-strands-agentcore-2026/tree/main/clase-3.

The Running Example: Corporate Travel Agent