Anthropic Report on AI Agents
Anthropic just dropped a massive post on how they built their multi-agent research system. So, here's how n8n users can steal these ideas to make their workflow automations 10x better: Anthropic's key insight? When they asked an AI to find all board members of every tech company in the S&P 500: - single agent: completely failed, got stuck in sequential search hell - multi-agent system: crushed it by splitting work between specialized agents This is the playbook hiding in plain sight for n8n builders: 1. Stop building one massive agent workflow that tries to do everything. that's like hiring one employee to run your entire company. 2. Create a "lead agent" in n8n that breaks down complex tasks and delegates to specialized "worker agents" โ just set up a main workflow that triggers sub-workflows. 3. The magic happens when these agents work in parallel. A task that would take 2 hours sequentially gets done in 10 minutes. 4. Anthropic found their multi-agent system outperformed single agents by 90.2% on research tasks. That's not a small improvement โ it's the difference between success and failure. 5. n8n makes this easy for non-coders: AI agent node โ break task into chunks โ call specialized sub-agent. 6. Bonus tip: give each worker agent only the tools it needs. One might use Google Search, another might use Gmail, a third might use Notion. Keeps things clean. 7. in n8n, use the little star button to let the AI figure out parameter values on its own (to, subject, message, etc). Massive time saver. 8. Anthropic discovered something fascinating: agent systems burn through tokens 15x faster than chat interactions. But for complex tasks, it's worth every penny. 9. Look at your current n8n workflows โ which ones fail because they try to do too much at once? Those are perfect candidates for the multi-agent approach. 10. Stop treating your n8n AI agents like solo artists. they're meant to be in a band, each playing their part of the symphony.