AI engineering glossary · Agents tools MCP
What is debate (multi-agent)?
Debate (multi-agent) (also called Multi-agent debate): A technique where several model instances argue for different answers and critique one another over rounds, after which a final answer is chosen. It can improve accuracy on reasoning tasks, at the cost of many extra calls.
Debate (multi-agent): an example
Two agents propose different answers to a maths question, point out each other's errors, and a judge picks the final one.
Related terms
More Agents tools MCP terms
- Deep research agent
- Durable execution
- Episodic memory
- Error recovery
- Escalation
- Evaluator-optimizer pattern
- Fallback
- Generative agents
Where you learn it
Debate (multi-agent) is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.