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orchestrator agent
also agent orchestrator or orchestration agent or supervisor agent
Definition of orchestrator agent
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: an AI agent that coordinates a multi-agent workflow by breaking a goal into subtasks, assigning them to specialized agents or tools, tracking their progress, and combining their results
- The orchestrator agent sent the contract to a legal specialist and the pricing table to a finance agent before combining their findings.
- When one worker failed, the agent orchestrator routed the task to a fallback model instead of restarting the whole workflow.
Two meanings, one word
In everyday English
An orchestrator is someone who organizes separate people or parts so they work together.
In AI
An AI agent that coordinates a multi-agent workflow by breaking a goal into subtasks, assigning them to specialized agents or tools, tracking their progress, and…
Origin & history
The term applies the established software idea of orchestration to AI agents. As multi-agent systems became more common, cloud platforms and agent frameworks adopted orchestrator agent for the central coordinator in supervisor-worker architectures, distinguishing it from the specialized agents that perform individual tasks.
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"Orchestrator agent." AI Dictionary, Dadgogo, https://dadgogo.com/dictionary/orchestrator-agent/. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.