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"description": "Terminology sidecar for the agent-orchestration concept doc. Definitions are scoped to how the doc uses each term.",
"updated": "2026-09-09",
"terms": {
"lead agent": {
"definition": "The agent responsible for the outcome. It decomposes the goal, delegates the pieces, decides what each worker needs to know, and combines the results.",
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"section": "What \"orchestration\" means",
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},
"worker": {
"definition": "An agent the lead delegates a piece of work to. Its entire value is the gap between what it consumes (a big messy subtask) and what it returns (a short, trustworthy conclusion).",
"aliases": ["subagent"],
"section": "What \"orchestration\" means",
"related": ["lead agent", "brief", "report"]
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