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# Orchestration - New Runtime

How agent work is split into queues, roles, subagents, async loops, handoffs, and operator-visible state.

## Short Answer

- Agent orchestration is the control layer around multiple autonomous or semi-autonomous work loops.
- It becomes necessary when one prompt cannot hold planning, execution, review, memory, and user coordination at once.
- The visible product shift is from a chat box to an operator surface for supervising work.

## Patterns


## Field Notes


## Recent Raw Signals

- 2026-07-15: [Atomic task graphs can let smaller models beat larger loops](https://newruntime.com/signals/atomic-task-graphs-outperform-react-loops/)
- 2026-07-10: [Deep Agents packages a harness for long-running tasks](https://newruntime.com/signals/deep-agents-package-long-running-harness/)
- 2026-07-09: [An advisor model can guide a cheaper executor](https://newruntime.com/signals/advisor-model-guides-cheaper-executor/)
- 2026-07-04: [Herdr Adds Agent Awareness to Terminal Multiplexing](https://newruntime.com/signals/herdr-adds-agent-awareness-to-terminal-multiplexing/)
- 2026-07-03: [The Future Interface Is an Agent Manager, Not Twenty Terminals](https://newruntime.com/signals/the-future-interface-is-an-agent-manager-not-twenty-terminals/)
- 2026-07-02: [AI Reorganizes Marketing Around Search and Orchestration](https://newruntime.com/signals/ai-reorganizes-marketing-around-search-and-orchestration/)
- 2026-07-01: [Deep Agents combines plans, files, memory, and subagents](https://newruntime.com/signals/deep-agents-plan-files-memory-subagents/)
- 2026-06-30: [Warp Reframes Product Engineers as Factory Engineers](https://newruntime.com/signals/warp-reframes-product-engineers-as-factory-engineers/)
- 2026-06-27: [Cursor Is Expanding from IDE to Agent Factory](https://newruntime.com/signals/cursor-is-expanding-from-ide-to-agent-factory/)
- 2026-06-16: [Anthropic Shows Two Async Orchestration Patterns](https://newruntime.com/signals/anthropic-shows-two-async-orchestration-patterns/)
- 2026-05-07: [Claude Managed Agents Add Outcomes and Multi-Agent Orchestration](https://newruntime.com/signals/claude-managed-agents-add-outcomes-and-multi-agent-orchestration/)
- 2026-05-07: [Hermes Profiles Need a Shared Work Layer to Become a Crew](https://newruntime.com/signals/hermes-profiles-need-a-shared-work-layer-to-become-a-crew/)

## Public Sources

- https://academy.langchain.com/courses/foundation-introduction-to-deepagents
- https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01942
- https://claude.com/blog/new-in-claude-managed-agents
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-cookbooks
- https://github.com/langchain-ai/deepagents
- https://github.com/ogulcancelik/herdr
- https://github.com/steipete/agent-scripts/blob/main/skills/codex-first/SKILL.md
- https://herdr.dev/install.sh
- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/kanban
- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/kanban-tutorial
- https://mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/from-campaigns-to-continuous-growth-ai-capabilities-shaping-marketing
- https://platform.claude.com/cookbook/patterns-agents-async-multi-agent-orchestration