Multi-Step Workflow Orchestration
AdvancedImplement multi-step workflows with enforcement and handoff patterns · Difficulty 3/5
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Explanation
Complex requests often contain multiple concerns that should be decomposed and handled efficiently.
Problem: Sequential Processing
For complex requests like "I've been charged twice, my discount didn't apply, and I want to cancel", agents may:
- Process concerns one at a time (slow, many round-trips)
- Fetch redundant customer data for each concern
- Lose context between concerns
Solution: Decompose and Parallelize
- Decompose: Break the request into distinct concerns
- Share context: Fetch customer data once, share across all concerns
- Investigate in parallel: Look into each concern simultaneously
- Synthesize: Combine findings into a unified resolution
For Few-Shot Approach
If the agent handles single concerns well (e.g., 94% accuracy) but struggles with multi-concern requests (58%), the fix is adding few-shot examples demonstrating correct reasoning and tool sequences for multi-concern messages.
Key Takeaways
- Decompose multi-concern requests and investigate in parallel
- Share context (e.g., customer data) across parallel investigations
- Few-shot examples improve multi-concern handling when single-concern works
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