During a multi-agent synthesis phase, the coordinator receives conflicting financial statistics from a web search subagent and a document analysis subagent. What is the required architectural pattern for handling this conflict?
When designing escalation patterns for an autonomous customer support agent, which of the following represent architectural anti- patterns that should be avoided? Choose 2 correct answers.
An application frequently repeats the same background instructions in every API request. What is a potential downside?
You are building a multi-agent research system using the Claude Agent SDK. A coordinator agent delegates to specialized subagents: one searches the web, one analyzes documents, one synthesizes findings, and one generates reports. The system researches topics and produces comprehensive, cited reports.
When researching "renewable energy adoption," the web search agent returns recent statistics (2024: 35% adoption) while the document analysis agent extracts data from internal reports (2021: 18% adoption). The synthesis agent incorrectly flags these as contradictory sources rather than recognizing the data shows growth over time. What change would best enable the synthesis agent to correctly interpret such temporal differences?
When providing Claude with a 50-page document, you notice it accurately recalls details from the first and last pages but misses a critical instruction buried on page 25. What is this phenomenon called?