Multi-Agent & Deliberation Systems
Councils of models that deliberate on real decisions, and a fleet of agent workstations deployed from one engine.
Executive summary
Two working forms of multi-agent architecture: structured deliberation — multiple LLMs with distinct roles debating to a synthesized ruling — and a three-node agent workstation fleet operated as one platform with per-node roles.
What this capability means
“Multi-agent” is usually a slide-deck word. Here it is two running systems. The first, LLM Council, treats high-stakes decisions the way a board treats them: several minds with different mandates argue, and one synthesizes a ruling — with the full transcript inspectable afterwards. The second is operational: a fleet of AI-operated workstation nodes sharing one codebase, one deploy path, and per-node roles.
The honest boundary: autonomous agent-to-agent task delegation is not in production yet — it is the explicit next rung, and the plumbing for it (approval-gated task launch) is already being built.
Maturity ladder
- 01
Basic — Parallel opinions
● demonstratedMultiple models answer the same question independently; a human compares.
Question → Model A · Model B · Model C → Human compares - 02
Intermediate — Structured deliberation
● demonstratedConfigured councils with roles, personas, and ground rules; sequential-aware or parallel-synthesize modes; full per-member trace; archived rulings.
Petition → Council members → Deliberation → Synthesis → Final ruling + trace - 03
Advanced — Autonomous delegation
○ nextAgents decomposing work and delegating to other agents in production, with verification between steps.
Goal → Planner agent → Worker agents → Verifier → Outcome
Evidence
- Working deliberation platform — councils of up to five providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, local Ollama), two deliberation modes, real-time streaming, per-member prompt/response trace ledger, archives with after-action reports. llm-council ("The High Table")
- 21 seeded seat templates giving members reusable roles, personalities, and expertise profiles. llm-council / supabase migrations 003–005
- Three-node workstation fleet — one engine repo deployed to core, agent, and coding nodes with role.json identity and git-pull deploys. core-workstation DECISION
- A governed agent / role / persona naming model separating the machinery from the character presented to users. me-inc-os / MISSION.md