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+# Advanced Agent Patterns - Anthropic Engineering Insights
+
+Sources:
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/effective-harnesses-for-long-running-agents
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/advanced-tool-use
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/code-execution-with-mcp
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-agents-with-the-claude-agent-sdk
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/effective-context-engineering-for-ai-agents
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/writing-tools-for-agents
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/multi-agent-research-system
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-think-tool
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents
+- https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/contextual-retrieval
+
+Updated: 2026-01-06
+
+## Long-Running Agent Architecture
+
+### Two-Agent Pattern
+
+For complex, multi-session tasks, use a two-agent system:
+
+Initializer Agent (runs once):
+- Sets up project structure and environment
+- Creates feature registry tracking completion status
+- Establishes progress documentation patterns
+- Generates initialization scripts for future sessions
+
+Executor Agent (runs repeatedly):
+- Consumes environment created by initializer
+- Works on single features per session
+- Updates progress documentation
+- Maintains feature registry state
+
+### Feature Registry Pattern
+
+Maintain a JSON file tracking all functionality:
+
+```json
+{
+  "features": [
+    {"id": "auth-login", "status": "complete", "tested": true},
+    {"id": "auth-logout", "status": "in-progress", "tested": false},
+    {"id": "user-profile", "status": "pending", "tested": false}
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+This enables:
+- Clear work boundaries per session
+- Progress tracking across sessions
+- Prioritization of incomplete features
+
+### Progress Documentation
+
+Create persistent progress logs (claude-progress.txt):
+- Summary of completed work
+- Current feature status
+- Blockers and decisions made
+- Next steps for future sessions
+
+Commit progress with git for history preservation.
+
+### Session Initialization Protocol
+
+At start of each session:
+1. Verify correct directory
+2. Review progress logs
+3. Select priority feature from registry
+4. Test existing baseline functionality
+5. Begin focused work on single feature
+
+## Dynamic Tool Discovery
+
+### Tool Search Pattern
+
+For large tool libraries, implement discovery mechanism:
+
+Benefits:
+- 85% reduction in token consumption
+- Tools loaded only when needed
+- Reduced context pollution
+
+Implementation approach:
+- Register tools with metadata including name, description, and keywords
+- Provide search tool that queries registry
+- Use defer_loading parameter to hide tools until searched
+- Agent searches for relevant tools before use
+
+### Programmatic Tool Orchestration
+
+For complex multi-step workflows:
+
+Benefits:
+- 37% token reduction on complex tasks
+- Elimination of repeated inference passes
+- Parallel operation execution
+
+Pattern:
+- Agent generates code orchestrating multiple tool calls
+- Code executes in sandbox environment
+- Results returned to agent in single response
+
+### Usage Examples for Tool Clarity
+
+JSON schemas alone are insufficient. Provide 3-5 concrete examples:
+
+Minimal invocation: Required parameters only
+Partial invocation: Common optional parameters
+Complete invocation: All parameters with edge cases
+
+Examples teach API conventions without token overhead.
+
+## Code Execution Efficiency
+
+### Data Processing in Sandbox
+
+Process data before model sees results:
+
+Benefits:
+- 98.7% token reduction possible (150K to 2K tokens)
+- Deterministic operations executed reliably
+- Complex transformations handled efficiently
+
+Pattern:
+- Agent writes filtering and aggregation code
+- Code executes in sandboxed environment
+- Only relevant results returned to model
+- Intermediate results persisted for resumable workflows
+
+### Reusable Skills Pattern
+
+Save working code as functions:
+- Extract successful patterns into reusable modules
+- Reference modules in future sessions
+- Build library of proven implementations
+
+## Multi-Agent Coordination
+
+### Orchestrator-Worker Architecture
+
+Lead Agent (higher capability model):
+- Analyzes incoming queries
+- Decomposes into parallel subtasks
+- Spawns specialized worker agents
+- Synthesizes results into final output
+
+Worker Agents (cost-effective models):
+- Execute specific, focused tasks
+- Return condensed summaries (1K-2K tokens)
+- Operate with isolated context windows
+- Use specialized prompts and tool access
+
+### Hierarchical Communication
+
+Lead to workers:
+- Clear task boundaries
+- Specific output format requirements
+- Guidance on tools and sources
+- Prevention of duplicate work
+
+Workers to lead:
+- Condensed findings summary
+- Source attribution
+- Quality indicators
+- Error or blocker reports
+
+### Scaling Rules
+
+Simple queries: Single agent with 3-10 tool calls
+Complex research: 10+ workers with parallel execution
+State persistence: Prevent disruption during updates
+Error resilience: Adapt when tools fail rather than restart
+
+## Context Engineering
+
+### Core Principle
+
+Find the smallest possible set of high-signal tokens that maximize likelihood of desired outcome. Treat context as finite, precious resource.
+
+### Information Prioritization
+
+LLMs lose focus as context grows (context rot). Every token depletes attention budget.
+
+Strategies:
+- Place critical information at start and end of context
+- Use clear section markers (XML tags or Markdown headers)
+- Remove redundant or low-signal content
+- Summarize when precision not required
+
+### Context Compaction
+
+For long-running tasks:
+- Summarize conversation history automatically
+- Reinitiate with compressed context
+- Preserve architectural decisions and key findings
+- Maintain external memory files outside context window
+
+### Just-In-Time Retrieval
+
+Maintain lightweight identifiers and load data dynamically:
+- Store file paths, URLs, and IDs
+- Load content only when needed
+- Combine upfront retrieval for speed with autonomous exploration
+- Progressive disclosure mirrors human cognition
+
+## Tool Design Best Practices
+
+### Consolidation Over Proliferation
+
+Combine related functionality into single tools:
+
+Instead of: list_users, list_events, create_event, delete_event
+Use: manage_events with action parameter
+
+Benefits:
+- Reduced tool selection complexity
+- Clearer mental model for agent
+- Lower probability of incorrect tool choice
+
+### Context-Aware Responses
+
+Return high-signal information:
+- Use natural language names rather than cryptic IDs
+- Include relevant metadata in responses
+- Format for agent consumption, not human reading
+
+### Parameter Specification
+
+Clear parameter naming:
+- user_id not user
+- start_date not start
+- include_archived not archived
+
+Enable response format control:
+- Optional enum for concise or detailed responses
+- Agent specifies verbosity based on task needs
+
+### Error Handling
+
+Replace opaque error codes with instructive feedback:
+- Explain what went wrong
+- Suggest correct usage
+- Provide examples of valid parameters
+- Encourage token-efficient strategies
+
+### Poka-Yoke Design
+
+Make incorrect usage harder than correct usage:
+- Validate parameters before execution
+- Return helpful errors for invalid combinations
+- Design APIs that guide toward success
+
+## Think Tool Integration
+
+### When to Use Think Tool
+
+High-value scenarios:
+- Processing complex tool outputs before proceeding
+- Compliance verification with detailed guidelines
+- Sequential decision-making where errors are consequential
+- Multi-step domains requiring careful consideration
+
+### Performance Characteristics
+
+Measured improvements:
+- Airline domain: 54% relative improvement with targeted examples
+- Retail scenarios: 81.2% pass-rate
+- SWE-bench: 1.6% average improvement
+
+### Implementation Strategy
+
+Pair with optimized domain-specific prompts
+Place comprehensive instructions in system prompts
+Avoid for non-sequential or simple tasks
+Use for reflecting on tool outputs mid-response
+
+## Verification Patterns
+
+### Quality Assurance Approaches
+
+Code verification: Linting and static analysis most effective
+Visual feedback: Screenshot outputs for UI tasks
+LLM judgment: Fuzzy criteria evaluation (tone, quality)
+Human evaluation: Edge cases automation misses
+
+### Diagnostic Questions
+
+When agents underperform:
+
+Missing context? Restructure search APIs for discoverability
+Repeated failures? Add formal validation rules in tool definitions
+Error-prone approach? Provide alternative tools enabling different strategies
+Variable performance? Build representative test sets for programmatic evaluation
+
+## Workflow Pattern: Explore-Plan-Code-Commit
+
+### Phase 1: Explore
+
+Start with exploration without coding:
+- Read files to understand structure
+- Identify relevant components
+- Map dependencies and interfaces
+
+### Phase 2: Plan
+
+Use extended thinking prompts:
+- Outline approach before implementation
+- Consider alternatives and tradeoffs
+- Define clear success criteria
+
+### Phase 3: Code
+
+Implement iteratively:
+- Small, testable changes
+- Verify each step before proceeding
+- Handle edge cases explicitly
+
+### Phase 4: Commit
+
+Meaningful commits:
+- Descriptive messages explaining why
+- Logical groupings of related changes
+- Clean history for future reference
+
+## Hybrid Context Retrieval
+
+### Combined Approach
+
+Semantic embeddings: Capture meaning relationships
+BM25 keyword search: Handle exact phrases and error codes
+
+### Context Prepending
+
+Enrich chunks with metadata before encoding:
+- Transform isolated statements into fully-contextualized information
+- Include surrounding context and relationships
+- Improves retrieval precision by 49-67%
+
+### Configuration
+
+Optimal settings from research:
+- Top-20 chunks outperform smaller selections
+- Domain-specific prompts improve quality
+- Reranking adds significant precision gains
+
+## Security Considerations
+
+### Credential Handling
+
+Web-based execution:
+- Credentials never enter sandbox
+- Proxy services handle authenticated operations
+- Branch-level restrictions enforced externally
+
+### Sandboxing Architecture
+
+Dual-layer protection:
+- Filesystem isolation: Read/write boundaries
+- Network isolation: Domain allowlists via proxy
+
+OS-level enforcement using kernel security features.
+
+### Permission Boundaries
+
+84% reduction in permission prompts through:
+- Defined operation boundaries
+- Automatic allowlisting of safe operations
+- Clear separation of privileged actions