# Multi-agent Workflow patterns and modern use cases | Temporal

DevFeed: [Multi-agent Workflow patterns and modern use cases | Temporal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/multi-agent-workflow-patterns-and-modern-use-cases-temporal-36099.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/what-are-multi-agent-workflows>)

Author: Clair Byrd

Published: 2024-12-03T08:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [AI Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-development.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/real-time.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [autonomous-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autonomous-agents.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [multi-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/multi-agent.md>), [orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/orchestration.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [state-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state-management.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains multi-agent workflows as coordinated processes involving multiple autonomous agents. It describes their characteristics, including decentralization, communication, autonomy, interdependency, and state management, and explains how Temporal supports them through orchestration and workflow state management.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Temporal powers multi-agent workflows with orchestration, state management, and real-time communication, without custom code.