Graph engineering academy · module 7 of 7 · 5 min

Choose the right architecture

What is the least complex thing that will work?

  • Walk the decision from "is an agent needed?" to "is multi-agent justified?".
  • Defend the simplest architecture that meets the requirement.

Six rungs, from a plain function to several agents. The guide asks about the requirement, not the technology, and stops at the lowest rung that meets it. Each answer can be changed; the path stays on screen.

    Question 1

    Does the task need judgement over language or messy input?

    Parsing a date, summing an invoice, routing by a field value: no model needed.

    0Function1One call2Workflow in code3Agent loop4Stateful graph5Multi-agent