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Phase 19

Multi-Agent Coding Assistant

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Concept & How It Works

    Why Does It Exist?

    Shows supervisor pattern, role specialization, and shared state — how real 'AI dev teams' are architected at scale.

    Real-World Analogy

    Sprint team in one repo: architect writes spec, dev codes, QA breaks it, senior dev reviews — you merge when green.
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    Visual Workflows

    What is Multi-Agent Coding Assistant?

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    Example

    Scenario

    OAuth feature: Planner writes 8-step spec. Implementer adds routes + tests. Tester fails on callback URL. Implementer fixes. Reviewer flags missing state param. Implementer patches. Tester passes. PR opened.

    Solution

    In Capstone Projects, apply Multi-Agent Coding Assistant to this scenario: OAuth feature: Planner writes 8-step spec. Identify the inputs, run the technique, validate the output, and note one thing you would monitor in production.

    Practice Task

    Do this before moving to the next module — reading alone is not enough.

    Open the Code Walkthrough below and run it locally. Change one parameter related to Multi-Agent Coding Assistant (e.g. model, temperature, top_k, or tool name), observe the difference in output, and write 2–3 sentences explaining what changed.

    Code Walkthrough

    Highlighted lines show where Multi-Agent Coding Assistant happens in the code.

    Multi-Agent Coding Assistant
    1# Multi-Agent Coding Assistant — minimal example2from openai import OpenAI3
    4client = OpenAI()  # create API client5
    6# Ask the model to explain this topic7response = client.chat.completions.create(  # core API call for Multi-Agent Coding Assistant8    model="gpt-4o-mini",9    messages=[10        {"role": "system", "content": "You explain multi-agent coding assistant clearly."},11        {"role": "user", "content": f"What is multi-agent coding assistant?"},12    ],13    temperature=0,14)15print(response.choices[0].message.content)  # show output for debugging

    Commands to Remember

    Commands to Remember

    • git checkout -b capstone/project-name # isolate capstone work
    • docker-compose up -d # run full stack locally

    Common Mistakes

    • All agents with all tools
    • No test gate before review
    • Unbounded implementer-reviewer loops

    Cheat Sheet

    Quick recap — the most important points from this module.

    Cheat Sheet

    quick ref
    • Role separation reduces errors
    • Tester never writes code
    • Human after max rounds