deep-agents-orchestration

1. SubAgentMiddleware: Delegate work via task tool to specialized agents
2. TodoListMiddleware: Plan and track tasks via write_todos tool
3. HumanInTheLoopMiddleware: Require approval before sensitive operations

All three are automatically included in create_deep_agent().

---

Subagents (Task Delegation)

Use Subagents When	Use Main Agent When
Task needs specialized tools	General-purpose tools sufficient
Want to isolate complex work	Single-step operation
Need clean context for main agent	Context bloat acceptable

Default subagent: "general-purpose" - automatically available with same tools/config as main agent.

@tool def search_papers(query: str) -> str: """Search academic papers.""" return f"Found 10 papers about {query}"

agent = create_deep_agent( subagents=[ { "name": "researcher", "description": "Conduct web research and compile findings", "system_prompt": "Search thoroughly, return concise summary", "tools": [search_papers], } ] )

Main agent delegates: task(agent="researcher", instruction="Research AI trends")

</python>
<typescript>
Create a custom "researcher" subagent with specialized tools for academic paper search.
```typescript
import { createDeepAgent } from "deepagents";
import { tool } from "@langchain/core/tools";
import { z } from "zod";

const searchPapers = tool(
  async ({ query }) => `Found 10 papers about ${query}`,
  { name: "search_papers", description: "Search papers", schema: z.object({ query: z.string() }) }
);

const agent = await createDeepAgent({
  subagents: [
    {
      name: "researcher",
      description: "Conduct web research and compile findings",
      systemPrompt: "Search thoroughly, return concise summary",
      tools: [searchPapers],
    }
  ]
});

// Main agent delegates: task(agent="researcher", instruction="Research AI trends")

agent = create_deep_agent( subagents=[ { "name": "code-deployer", "description": "Deploy code to production", "system_prompt": "You deploy code after tests pass.", "tools": [run_tests, deploy_to_prod], "interrupt_on": {"deploy_to_prod": True}, # Require approval } ], checkpointer=MemorySaver() # Required for interrupts )

</python>
</ex-subagent-with-hitl>

<fix-subagents-are-stateless>
<python>
Subagents are stateless - provide complete instructions in a single call.
```python
# WRONG: Subagents don't remember previous calls
# task(agent='research', instruction='Find data')
# task(agent='research', instruction='What did you find?')  # Starts fresh!

# CORRECT: Complete instructions upfront
# task(agent='research', instruction='Find data on AI, save to /research/, return summary')

// CORRECT: Complete instructions upfront // task research: Find data on AI, save to /research/, return summary

</typescript>
</fix-subagents-are-stateless>