How to use "Multi-agents mode" in Coze

Summary

The video explains how to use multi-agent mode in Anthropic's conversational AI assistant Claude to break down complex tasks between multiple bots. It starts with a single personal assistant bot, then adds an email bot and calendar bot connected via "jump conditions" that trigger when certain keywords are mentioned. More bots like a Google Sheets bot are added, all glued together by the main menu assistant bot. This allows separating responsibilities so no one bot handles everything, enabling teamwork between bots to accomplish users' requests.

Takeaways

• 😊 Multi-agent mode allows you to create multiple bots that collaborate to complete complex tasks
• 👥 You can offload responsibilities across bots instead of overloading a single bot
• 🚦 Jump conditions allow you to switch between bots based on triggers like keywords
• 🤝 Bots can be connected using jump conditions to create a workflow
• 📝 You can reuse existing single agent bots in multi-agent mode
• 🔌 Plugins, workflows and knowledge bases provide bots with additional skills
• ➕ You can keep adding more nodes and functionality to handle complex scenarios
• 🌐 Global jump conditions let you route users back to a main menu bot
• 📋 The my assistant bot serves as a main menu to guide users
• ❓ Check the documentation and community forums if you need help with multi-agent mode

Q & A

What is multi-agent mode?

Multi-agent mode is the ability to make multiple agents or bots work together and collaborate to complete complex tasks. It allows you to distribute responsibilities across bots with different skills.

How is multi-agent mode different from single agent mode?

In single agent mode, you would write one long prompt and persona to complete multiple tasks. In multi-agent mode, you can split up the tasks across specialized bots, with each playing their own role.

What are nodes in multi-agent mode?

Nodes are agents or bots that operate based on a prompt, skills like plugins/workflows/knowledge, and jump conditions to switch between bots.

How do you connect bots in multi-agent mode?

Bots are connected using jump conditions that allow passing between bots based on certain trigger keywords a user says.

What was the first bot created in the example?

The first bot was an email bot that could check, read, and send emails using the Microsoft Outlook plugin.

What was the second bot created?

The second bot was a calendar bot that could create, update, and list calendar events using the Outlook calendar plugin.

How can you return back to the main menu bot?

A global jump condition was created that would pass back to the main menu assistant bot if the user said "main menu".

What other bots were created?

A Google Sheets bot was created to allow managing spreadsheets. More bots connecting other services could also be added.

Why use multiple bots versus just one bot?

Using multiple bots allows you to separate concerns and responsibilities, avoiding overloading a single bot. It allows completing more complex workflows.

Where can you get more information on multi-agent mode?

Check the Anthropic documentation and look for the section on multi-agent mode. Additional help is also available on Discord and Telegram.

Outlines

00:00

😀 Introducing multi-agent mode for coordinating multiple bots

Josh explains multi-agent mode which allows multiple bots to collaborate and complete complex tasks, unlike single agent mode where one bot handles everything. He demonstrates creating a 'system bot' and 'email bot', connecting them with a jump condition to pass control when the user wants to check email. The bots can have different skills and switch based on keywords to divide responsibilities.

05:01

😃 Adding a calendar bot and connecting it to the system

Josh adds a calendar bot to create, update, and list calendar events. He connects it to the system so when the user asks to create a calendar event, control passes to the calendar bot which then uses the Outlook calendar plugin to add the event. He can keep adding more bots for different services and connect them with jump conditions to create a workflow for complex tasks.

Keywords

💡multi-agent mode

Multi-agent mode allows you to create multiple chatbot agents that can collaborate to complete complex tasks. Instead of having one bot try to handle everything, you can break down responsibilities between different specialized bots. For example, Josh creates separate email, calendar, and Google Sheets bots that each focus on specific functions but can pass tasks between each other.

💡node

A node represents an individual chatbot agent within a multi-agent environment. You create new nodes and connect them using jump conditions to route conversations between the different bots.

💡jump condition

A jump condition is a predefined trigger phrase that passes the conversation from one bot to another when activated. For example, Josh sets up a jump condition so that saying "check my email" will shift the chat from the main assistant bot to the specialized email bot.

💡plugin

Plugins allow you to connect bots to external platforms and services like Microsoft Outlook or Google Sheets. Plugins give bots the skills they need to complete specialized tasks within those services, like sending calendar invites.

💡prompt

The prompt provides a bot with its persona, knowledge, and responsibilities. For example, Josh creates an email bot prompt that establishes it as an assistant focused on managing his email account.

💡single agent mode

Single agent mode has just one main bot that tries to handle all tasks through a long, complex prompt. Multi-agent mode is better for complex tasks because it divides responsibilities between multiple collaborative bots.

💡skills

Skills enhance what a bot can do, such as plugins that connect to external platforms, workflows that automate processes, or knowledge bases that provide information to pull from.

💡global jump condition

A global jump condition lets you return to a main menu bot from any other bot with a trigger phrase. Josh sets up "bring me to the main menu" so users can navigate back from the email, calendar, etc. bots.

💡bot

A bot is an individual chat agent created in single or multi-agent mode. Bots have responsibilities and capabilities defined by their prompts, skills, and integrations.

💡complex task

A complex task is something that would be difficult for one bot to handle on its own. Multi-agent mode helps break complex tasks down into pieces that specialized bots can collaborate on.

Highlights

Multi-agent mode allows multiple bots to collaborate on complex tasks

Bots can play different roles based on skills like plugins, workflows and knowledge bases

Nodes represent agents or bots that operate on a prompt and can have skills applied

Jump conditions allow switching between bots based on trigger keywords

Assistant bot acts as main menu, prompts user on bot capabilities

Email bot handles email responsibilities exclusively through Outlook plugin

Calendar bot creates, updates, lists calendar events via Outlook calendar plugin

Can connect more nodes and functionality through additional jump conditions

Added Google Sheets bot that connects via new jump conditions

Global jump condition added to return to main menu assistant bot

Jump conditions connect bots and trigger based on keywords

Team of bots divides workload instead of overwhelming single bot

Can expand complexity by adding more nodes, plugins, jump conditions

Documentation has more details on implementing multi-agent mode

Join Discord or Telegram groups for additional questions

Transcripts

what's up y'all it's Josh MOS and I'm

here to tell you about multi-agent mode

now multi-agent mode is the ability to

make multiple agents or Bots work

together and collaborate to complete

complex task now it's a bit different

from single agent mode usually you're

used to writing a really long prompt and

a Persona in order to complete multiple

tasks but now you can offload that to

multiple Bots and they can all play

their own role and in this video I'm

going to show you how to do that all

right so I'm here in the co workspace

and I'm in single agent bot mode and

that just means that my bot is able to

take take a prompt get some skills and

it's able to complete some simple task

right now this is a personal assistant

bot that's able to send emails and check

my emails from using the Microsoft

Outlook email plugin however I want to

step it up a notch I want my bot to have

the ability to create calendar

invitations and update my calendar or

even create Google Sheets or update

Google Sheets and read them back to me

so what I'll need to do is create a

multi-agent bot so that my bot doesn't

have to feel like it has to complete all

those responsibilities inside of one

prompt now this helps separate concerns

and this also helps complete complex

tasks and I'll show you how to do this

right now so the way to do this is by

going over here next to develop and

clicking single agent mode and then over

here to multi-agent mode multi-agent

mode and single agent mode have a few

similarities we still have Persona impr

prompt on the side here our variable

scheduled task and opening

dialogue however when we look to the

middle section section we have this

starting point and a node here this node

is an agent or a bot that operates off

this prompt it can also have skills

applied to it like plugins workflows and

knowledge and it can also operate off of

jump conditions in order to get pass

from one bot to the next and switch

whenever you trigger off of keywords so

I'll write a jump condition here so that

when a user wants to send an email we'll

get passed to the email bot so these

Bots work collaboratively in order to

get complex task done so let's start

putting the pieces together in order to

do that we're going to need a node and a

node can either be a new agent a bot

that you already created in single bot

mode right so these are some past Bots

that I've created and then also a global

jump condition which is a jump condition

that will apply to all the agents that

you have here on the board now what I'm

going to do is just add a new agent and

I'm going to make this agent into a bot

for our mail so let's go here and we'll

call this

email

bot right and we can

say you are a bot that

helps check

emails so from here what we're going to

do is add a new plugin for our Outlook

email right and we're going to choose

both of these options to get the mail

and also be able to send mail just like

how we had before in our single bot

mode now what I'll do is I'll take this

jump condition that I have here to

respond if a user wants to send emails

or check their emails and I'm going to

pass it over here to this email bot so

now I have both of these Bots here

connected to one another this my

assistant bot acts as my main menu and

it will start to prompt my user and ask

what responsibilities or what do we want

this bot to do and when I say something

along the lines of check my email it's

going to actually p pass me from this my

system bot to my email bot so let's take

a

look so it says here system next step

and it passed it to our email bot right

so let's check my email and now that I'm

here um signing in for the first time

with Microsoft Outlook email I just have

to click here to authorize my email

address authorization only takes a few

steps so let's actually just run this

again and see what it

outputs

so it's using system next step and now

the plugin and it's looking at my email

address and it seems that I have two new

emails

here great so these are the two emails

that I have in my Microsoft Outlook

email address now if I want to enhance

the email agent I can always come back

and add more to the prompt and give it

some skills like plugins workflows and

knowledge bases however I need a bot

that's going to solely handle the

responsibility of managing my calendar

and that can consist of SK like adding

events to my calendar inviting folks to

my calendar updating my calendar or even

listing what's on my calendar for the

day so in order to do that I need to add

another node and connect it to another

plugin so I'll create a node here and

I'll rename this node calendar bot

because this is going to represent our

calendar

agent and I'm going to give it a prompt

and I have a prompt here that I already

wrote and I'm stating that this is a bot

that that creates calendar events

updates calendar events and lists the

calendar events so what I'll do now is

I'll connect this jump condition that

I've already created that responds if a

user wants to send a calendar invitation

update a calendar invitation or list

them so I'll take this here and I'll

pass it over to our calendar bot and now

what I'll need to do with this calendar

bot is give us some

skills I'll go here to our plug-in list

and I'll also add Outlook calendar now

if you have another EMA email that you

have uh managing on another service you

can always create a plugin here with the

API but for now I'm going to use Outlook

calendar so I go here and I'll add all

the skills create event list event and

update

event so I'll go here and I'll click out

and I'll see that my skills are already

here ready to go so my bot is currently

chatting with our email bot so if I say

to my bot now create a account

calendar event on Feb

12th at 11

a.m. Pacific

Time title the event

webinar so I'll send this over to our

bot and we'll see how it system steps

and changes it from our email agent to

our calendar agent now and you'll see

that it's using the plugin and it's

stating that the calendar event was

created and we can view it here here so

let's wait for the response to finish

and we'll take a look at our calendar

and we'll see the changes so if we click

here we'll go straight to our calendar

and we'll see we have a webinar here at

11:00 a.m. on February 12th we're also

going to need to be able to connect more

functionality so we can continue to add

more nodes and connect nodes to each

other with jump conditions and it can

get even more complex so I can add

another node here to connect to a Google

sheet or another service that I need to

work with it could be notion you name it

or you can even create your own plugin

as well so these jump conditions is

what's really going to help put all this

together it's the glue and what we'll

use is these jump conditions in order to

create this flow of work that our Bots

our team need to accomplish in order to

execute the task that we're asking for

so this really helps take off the load

of one bot handling everything and this

team of bots can work together to give

you what you need I've gone ahead and

created some new addition to my

multi-agent bot so you can see here that

I have some new Jump conditions as well

and this jump condition that I have is

to connect to my new Google Sheets agent

that I have here now if you see I have

this jump condition and I can

disconnected to this Google sheet spot

and it will respond anytime a user talks

about Google Sheets so I have all these

different jump conditions and vice versa

on each of these agents that connect to

one another and they respond and Trigger

when any of these Bots are mentioned now

I also want to add one last thing here

to make this all kind of glued

together since I'm using this my

assistant as a main menu I want to be

able to come back to this main menu

anytime a user says something along the

lines of main menu so what I can do is

add a new node for a global jump

condition and in this Global jump

condition I'll just add a prompt here so

if the user wants to visit the main menu

so what I'll do is just put right here

above our my assistant bot and I'll drag

it over here and I'll connect it right

now we're chatting with our calendar bot

and I'll just say to

it bring me to the main

menu so now you'll start to see that

it's going to switch over to our my

assistant bot because we have this

Global jump condition so it's pretty

cool now it's listing out all the things

that I can do with this bot based on the

prompt that I have and that's it from

multi mode for now if you want more

information make sure you check out the

co documentation and look for

multi-agent mode if you have any

questions make sure to join us on

Discord and on Telegram and we'll see

you in the next video